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Beyond the Exotic: Women's Histories in Islamic Societies (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East)
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Paperback. This volume introduces new sources for the study of the past and present life of Muslim women that challenge paradigms about the ways in which they"have been studied in the past veiled, exoticised and outside of general women's history. Amira El-Azhary Sonbol and the contributors deconstruct the past and offer fresh new perspectives. Editor(s): Sonbol, Amira El-Azhary. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 818.
This volume introduces new sources for the study of the past and present life of Muslim women that challenge paradigms about the ways in which ""they"" have been studied in the past. Most research has treated stereotypical images of Muslim women's outward manifestations, such as veiling, as passive and oppressive - women were depicted as different. Exoticizing (orientalizing) Muslim women - or Islamic society in general - has meant that ""they"" are dealt with outside of general women's history and thus have little to contribute to the writing of world history or to the life of their sisters worldwide. By ... Read more
This volume introduces new sources for the study of the past and present life of Muslim women that challenge paradigms about the ways in which ""they"" have been studied in the past. Most research has treated stereotypical images of Muslim women's outward manifestations, such as veiling, as passive and oppressive - women were depicted as different. Exoticizing (orientalizing) Muslim women - or Islamic society in general - has meant that ""they"" are dealt with outside of general women's history and thus have little to contribute to the writing of world history or to the life of their sisters worldwide. By ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815630555
SKU
V9780815630555
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Amira El-Azhary Sonbol is associate professor of Islamic history, law, and society at Georgetown University. She is author of Women of Jordan: Islam, Labor, and the Law; The New Mamluks: Egyptian Society and Modern Feudalism; and The Creation of the Medical Profession in Egypt, 1800-1922, and editor of Women, the Family, and Divorce Laws in Islamic History, each published by ... Read more
Reviews for Beyond the Exotic: Women's Histories in Islamic Societies (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East)
[This book] is important for many reasons. First, it expands our knowledge of history, not only women’s history but also Middle East history and, in a larger sense, world history. The very range of the work is an impressive antidote to the narrow, single-topic historical studies of Muslim women often seen in this century—not only in scholarly offerings but also ... Read more