Self-Determination and Women’s Rights in Muslim Societies
Read a fragment
Instant download
after payment (24/7)
Wide range of formats
(for all gadgets)
Full book
(including for Apple and Android)
Contradicting the views commonly held by westerners, many Muslim countries in fact engage in a wide spectrum of reform, with the status of women as a central dimension. This anthology counters the myth that Islam and feminism are always or necessarily in opposition. A multidisciplinary group of scholars examine ideology, practice, and reform efforts in the areas of marriage, divorce, abortion, violence against women, inheritance, and female circumcision across the Islamic world, illuminating how religious and cultural prescriptions interact with legal norms, affecting change in sometimes surprising ways.
LF/957811/R
Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- (eds.)
Chitra Raghavan
James P. Levine - Language
- English
- Series
- Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law
- ISBN
- 9781611682793
- Release date
- 2012
15 books by the same author:
Products from this category:
Contradicting the views commonly held by westerners, many Muslim countries in fact engage in a wide spectrum of reform, with the status of women as a central...