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An Islam of Her Own: Reconsidering Religion and Secularism in Women’s Islamic Movements
Sherine Hafez
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Paperback. Focuses on women's Islamic activism in Egypt to challenge binary representations of religious versus secular subjectivities Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ; JFSJ1; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
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 ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814773048
SKU
V9780814773048
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About Sherine Hafez
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.
Reviews for An Islam of Her Own: Reconsidering Religion and Secularism in Women’s Islamic Movements
An Islam of Her Ownmakes important contributions to our understanding of contemporary forms of Islamic activism and will be of great use to students and scholars in the fields of women's studies, anthropology and Middle East studies.-
Amira Mittermaier
European Association of Social Anthropologists
A unique and thought-provoking study of women's Islamic activism in Egypt.
Nadine ... Read more
Amira Mittermaier
European Association of Social Anthropologists
A unique and thought-provoking study of women's Islamic activism in Egypt.
Nadine ... Read more