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Author Al-Rasheed, Madawi.

Title A most masculine state : gender, politics and religion in Saudi Arabia / Madawi Al-Rasheed.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2013]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.420953 A316M    Check Shelf
Description xii, 333 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Cambridge Middle East studies ; 43
Cambridge Middle East studies ; 43.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-313) and index.
Contents Introduction: the 'woman question' in Saudi Arabia -- From religious revival to religious nationalism -- Schooling women: the state as benevolent educator -- Symbols of piety: fatwa on women in the 1980s -- The quest for cosmopolitan modernity -- Women in search of themselves -- Celebrity women novelists and the cosmopolitan fantasy -- Guarding self and nation: women preachers and activists -- Conclusion: light at the end of the tunnel.
Subject Women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Muslim women -- Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Feminism -- Saudi Arabia.
Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Women and religion -- Saudi Arabia.
Sex role -- Saudi Arabia.
Women's rights -- Saudi Arabia.
ISBN 9780521761048 hardback
0521761042 hardback
9780521122528 paperback
052112252X paperback
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