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Soft Force: Women in Egypt´s Islamic Awakening
Ellen Anne McLarney
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Description for Soft Force: Women in Egypt´s Islamic Awakening
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 261 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
In the decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, when Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime was swept from power in Egypt, Muslim women took a leading role in developing a robust Islamist presence in the country's public sphere. Soft Force examines the writings and activism of these women--including scholars, preachers, journalists, critics, actors, and public intellectuals--who envisioned an Islamic awakening in which women's rights and the family, equality, and emancipation were at the center. Challenging Western conceptions of Muslim women as being oppressed by Islam, Ellen McLarney shows how women used "soft force"--a women's jihad characterized by nonviolent ... Read more
In the decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, when Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime was swept from power in Egypt, Muslim women took a leading role in developing a robust Islamist presence in the country's public sphere. Soft Force examines the writings and activism of these women--including scholars, preachers, journalists, critics, actors, and public intellectuals--who envisioned an Islamic awakening in which women's rights and the family, equality, and emancipation were at the center. Challenging Western conceptions of Muslim women as being oppressed by Islam, Ellen McLarney shows how women used "soft force"--a women's jihad characterized by nonviolent ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691158495
SKU
V9780691158495
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About Ellen Anne McLarney
Ellen McLarney is assistant professor of Arabic literature and culture at Duke University.
Reviews for Soft Force: Women in Egypt´s Islamic Awakening
Winner of the 2016 JMEWS Book Award, Journal of Middle Eastern Women's Studies and Association of Middle East Women's Studies "Women's roles in the intellectual, organizational and political development of Islamist movements have rarely received the attention they deserve. McLarney focuses in depth on the writings of a wide array of Egyptian women involved with Islamist movements, presenting a nuanced ... Read more