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

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 333 pages) Series Cambridge Middle East studies ; 43 Cambridge Middle East studies ; 43. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record 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 SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory. Feminism Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Islam Muslim women -- Social conditions Sex role Women and religion Women -- Social conditions Women's rights Saudi Arabia Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139624589 113962458X

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