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Writing the Feminine: Women in Arab Sources (Islamic Mediterranean): v. 1
. Ed(S): Deguilhem, Randi; Marin, Manuela
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hardcover. Conventional wisdom qualifies the Mediterranean Muslim woman as a passive person subjected to the tyranny and misogyny of her religion, society, and male relatives. These studies bear witness to the fact that individual women play pivotal roles in private domains of society and in the public realm. Editor(s): Deguilhem, Randi; Marin, Manuela. Series: Islamic Mediterranean. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HRH; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Based on original sources, this book questions the conventional wisdom that Mediterranean Muslim women are passive people subjected to the tyranny and misogyny of religion, society and male relatives. Encompassing everything from medieval love poetry to popular literary sources these studies bear witness to the fact that individual women of all social classes play pivotal roles in both the private domains of sociey and in the public realm.
Based on original sources, this book questions the conventional wisdom that Mediterranean Muslim women are passive people subjected to the tyranny and misogyny of religion, society and male relatives. Encompassing everything from medieval love poetry to popular literary sources these studies bear witness to the fact that individual women of all social classes play pivotal roles in both the private domains of sociey and in the public realm.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
I.B. Tauris United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Islamic Mediterranean
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860646973
SKU
V9781860646973
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About . Ed(S): Deguilhem, Randi; Marin, Manuela
Randi Deguilhem is with the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) at IREMAM/MMSH in Aix-en-Provence. Manuela Marin is a Senior Research Fellow at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Madrid).
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