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Women in the Muslim World / ed. by Nikki Keddie, Lois Beck.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1978Edition: Reprint 2013Description: 1 online resource (698 p.) : IllustratedContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674733077
  • 9780674733091
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.41/2/0917671
LOC classification:
  • HQ1170
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One General Perspectives on Legal and Socioeconomic Change -- 1 Women and Law Reform in Contemporary Islam -- 2 Legal Reform as an Indicator of Women’s Status in Muslim Nations -- 3 The Status and Fertility Patterns of Muslim Women -- 4 Women and Social Change in Morocco -- 5 Women in Turkish Society -- 6 Women’s Emancipation in Tunisia -- 7 Women in Algeria -- 8 Education and Employment among Kuwaiti Women -- 9 On Changing the Concept and Position of Persian Women -- 10 Legal and Social Positions of Iranian Women -- Part Two Historical Perspectives -- 11 Turkish Women in the Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age -- 12 Women as Patrons of Architecture in Turkey -- 13 The Revolutionary Gentlewomen in Egypt -- 14 Feminism and Nationalist Politics in Egypt -- 15 Women and Revolution in Iran, 1905-1911 -- Part Three Case Studies: Nomads, Villagers, Town and City Dwellers -- 16 The Status of Women in Four Middle East Communities -- 17 Women among Qashqa’i Nomadic Pastoralists in Iran -- 18 The Women’s Subsociety among the Shahsevan Nomads of Iran -- 19 Changing Sex Roles in Bedouin Society in Syria and Lebanon -- 20 Working Women in a Moroccan Village -- 21 The Status of Women and Property on a Baluchistan Oasis in Pakistan -- 22 Iranian Women in Family Alliance and Sexual Politics -- 23 Women, Class, and Power: Examples from the Hatay, Turkey -- 24 A Comparative Perspective on Women in Provincial Iran and Turkey -- 25 The Domestic Social Environment of Women and Girls in Isfahan, Iran -- 26 Self-images of Traditional Urban Women in Cairo -- 27 Women and the Neighborhood Street in Borj Hammoud, Lebanon -- Part Four: Ideology, Religion, and Ritual -- 28 The Negotiation of Reality: Male-Female Relations in Sefrou, Morocco -- 29 Women, Sufism, and Decision-Making in Moroccan Islam -- 30 Sex Differences and Folk Illness in an Egyptian Village -- 31 The Theme of Sexual Oppression in the North African Novel -- 32 Women in Contemporary Persian Folktales -- 33 Being Female in a Muslim Minority in China -- Contributors -- Index
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One General Perspectives on Legal and Socioeconomic Change -- 1 Women and Law Reform in Contemporary Islam -- 2 Legal Reform as an Indicator of Women’s Status in Muslim Nations -- 3 The Status and Fertility Patterns of Muslim Women -- 4 Women and Social Change in Morocco -- 5 Women in Turkish Society -- 6 Women’s Emancipation in Tunisia -- 7 Women in Algeria -- 8 Education and Employment among Kuwaiti Women -- 9 On Changing the Concept and Position of Persian Women -- 10 Legal and Social Positions of Iranian Women -- Part Two Historical Perspectives -- 11 Turkish Women in the Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age -- 12 Women as Patrons of Architecture in Turkey -- 13 The Revolutionary Gentlewomen in Egypt -- 14 Feminism and Nationalist Politics in Egypt -- 15 Women and Revolution in Iran, 1905-1911 -- Part Three Case Studies: Nomads, Villagers, Town and City Dwellers -- 16 The Status of Women in Four Middle East Communities -- 17 Women among Qashqa’i Nomadic Pastoralists in Iran -- 18 The Women’s Subsociety among the Shahsevan Nomads of Iran -- 19 Changing Sex Roles in Bedouin Society in Syria and Lebanon -- 20 Working Women in a Moroccan Village -- 21 The Status of Women and Property on a Baluchistan Oasis in Pakistan -- 22 Iranian Women in Family Alliance and Sexual Politics -- 23 Women, Class, and Power: Examples from the Hatay, Turkey -- 24 A Comparative Perspective on Women in Provincial Iran and Turkey -- 25 The Domestic Social Environment of Women and Girls in Isfahan, Iran -- 26 Self-images of Traditional Urban Women in Cairo -- 27 Women and the Neighborhood Street in Borj Hammoud, Lebanon -- Part Four: Ideology, Religion, and Ritual -- 28 The Negotiation of Reality: Male-Female Relations in Sefrou, Morocco -- 29 Women, Sufism, and Decision-Making in Moroccan Islam -- 30 Sex Differences and Folk Illness in an Egyptian Village -- 31 The Theme of Sexual Oppression in the North African Novel -- 32 Women in Contemporary Persian Folktales -- 33 Being Female in a Muslim Minority in China -- Contributors -- Index

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In English.

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