Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-279) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- PART 1: THE PRE-ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST: Mesopotamia -- The Mediterranean Middle East -- PART 2; FOUNDING DISCOURSES: Women and the rise of Islam -- The transitional age -- Elaboration of the founding discourses -- Medieval Islam -- PART 3: NEW DISCOURSES: Social and intellectual change -- The discourse of the veil -- The first feminists -- Divergent voices -- The struggle for the future -- Conclusion.