An Islam of Her Own: Reconsidering Religion and Secularism in Womenas Islamic Movements Contributor(s): Hafez, Sherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814773036 ISBN-13: 9780814773031 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - General - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 297.082 |
LCCN: 2011003189 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.79 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: As the world grapples with issues of religious fanaticism, extremist politics, and rampant violence that seek justification in either "religious" or "secular" discourses, women who claim Islam as a vehicle for individual and social change are often either regarded as pious subjects who subscribe to an ideology that denies them many modern freedoms, or as feminist subjects who seek empowerment only through rejecting religion and adopting secularist discourses. Such assumptions emerge from a common trend in the literature to categorize the 'secular' and the 'religious' as polarizing categories, which in turn mitigates the identities, experiences and actions of women in Islamic societies. Yet in actuality Muslim women whose activism is grounded in Islam draw equally on principles associated with secularism. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hafez, Sherine: - Sherine Hafez is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the University of California, Riverside, and the author of The Terms of Empowerment: Islamic Women's Activism in Cairo. |