| The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam Contributor(s): Mernissi, Fatima (Author) |
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ISBN: 0201632217 ISBN-13: 9780201632217 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1992 Annotation: 'Fatima Mernissi has more ideas per book than any other thinker in the Middle East. Her later works increasingly integrate her brilliant ideas into sustained and compelling discourse that is very much worthy of attention.'Laurence O. Michalak |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 297.082 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.69" W x 8.5" (0.81 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in The Veil and the Male Elite, Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the first Islamic community. |
