| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Contents |
The satellite, the prince, and Scheherazade : women as communicators in digital Islam / Fatema Mernissi -- On and off camera in Egyptian soap operas : women, television, and the public sphere / Lila Abu-Lughod -- Singing a new song : bonding and breaking with the past / Sherifa Zuhur -- Wings of freedom : Iranian women, identity, and cyberspace / Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone -- The challenge of globalization in Saudi Arabia / Mai Yamani -- Globalizing equality : Muslim women, theology, and feminism / Asma Barlas -- The veil debate -- again : a view from America in the early twenty-first century / Leila Ahmed -- Feminist theory, agency, and the liberatory subject / Saba Mahmood -- Between religion and secularism : Islamist women of Hamas / Islah Jad -- The prospects for democracy : women reformists in the Iranian parliament / Elaheh Koolaee -- Standing on shifting ground : women and civil society in Iran / Mehrangiz Kar -- Sisters in Islam and the struggle for women's rights / Zainah Anwar -- Women and the dynamics of transnational networks / Meena Sharify-Funk -- Shirin Ebadi : a perspective on women's rights in the context of human rights / Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone. |
| Summary |
In Iran, hundreds of women are producing blogs, sharing their ideas in an Islamic republic that still limits women's expression. In Malaysia, members of Sisters in Islam are challenging sexist interpretations of Islamic theology and law. And throughout the Arabic-speaking world, satellite TV stations like Al-Jazeera have spawned 'new Scheherazades' - women journalists and hosts whose voices have a powerful impact on the public discourse. This unique, cutting-edge book of essays explodes Western stereotypes about Middle Eastern women. |
| Subject |
Muslim women -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Muslim women -- Arab countries -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Feminism -- Arab countries.
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Women in popular culture -- Arab countries.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
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Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
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Muslim women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01031015
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Women in popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01177953
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Arab countries. (OCoLC)fst01240128
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Nouraie-Simone, Fereshteh, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1558618554 9781558618558 |
| ISBN |
1558618562 electronic bk. |
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9781558618565 electronic bk. |
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