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Author Aftab, Tahera.

Title Inscribing South Asian Muslim women : an annotated bibliography & research guide / by Tahera Aftab
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xl, 616 pages)
Series Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East, 0169-9423 ; v. 91
Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 91 Bd.
Contents Selected sources for the study of South Asian Muslim women -- Muslim women in the history of South Asia -- Islamic traditions, Muslim women and the reform movement -- Pardah : Muslim women in/out of seclusion -- Religious practices -- In search of their identity : Muslim women setting new goals -- Women, nationalism and religion -- Muslim women's movements in South Asia -- The life cycle of South Asian Muslim women -- Women's rights to inherit property -- Education of South Asian Muslim women -- South Asian Muslim women's health -- Perspectives on South Asian women's development -- The arts and design -- Challenges, threats, and the responses of woman -- Feminism, new scholarship and new tools for development
Summary In this volume comprehensive coverage of South Asian Muslim women's lives and their experiences, historically and contemporaneously, fills a serious gap in the existing scholarship regarding variegated patterns of Muslim communities
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Subject Muslim women -- South Asia -- Bibliography
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Muslim women
Muslimin
Vrouwen.
Islamieten.
Frau -- Islam -- Südasien -- Bibliographie.
Islam -- Frau -- Südasien -- Bibliographie.
Muslimin.
South Asia
Südasien
Zuid-Azië.
Südasien.
Genre/Form Bibliographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047423850
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1281921858
9781281921857