| Description |
1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Contents |
Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Justice without Drama: Observations from Gaza City Sharia Court; 2 From the Army of G-d to the Israeli Armed Forces; 3 To Give the Boys Energy, Manliness, and Self-command in Temper; 4 Women Students at the American University of Beirut; 5 Women's Voluntary Social Welfare Organizations in Egypt; 6 Nineteenth-century Protestant Missions and Middle-Eastern Women; 7 The Paradox of the New Islamic Woman in Turkey; 8 Visions of Mary in the Middle East; 9 An Army of Women Learning Torah; 10 Stones and Stories; 11 Tradition and Change; 12 Vows, Mediumship and Gender; Index |
| Summary |
The complicated link between women and religion in the Middle East has been a source of debate for centuries, and has special resonance today. Whether religion reinforces female oppression or provides opportunities for women - or a combination of both - depends on time, place and circumstance |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Middle East
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Women -- Islamic countries
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Women
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Gender Studies & Sexuality.
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Gender & Ethnic Studies.
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Social Sciences.
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Islamic countries
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Middle East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Flaskeru, Ingvild
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| ISBN |
9781845207281 |
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1845207289 |
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1282596535 |
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9781282596535 |
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9786612596537 |
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6612596538 |
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