Gender and Islam in Africa: rights, sexuality, and law
Muslim women's knowledge production in the greater Maghreb: the example of Nana Asmaʼu of Northern Nigeria / Beverly B. Mack -- Rethinking marginality and agency in postcolonial Niger: a social biography of a Sufi woman scholar / Ousseina D. Alidou -- Deconstructing Islamic feminism: a look at...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Washington, D.C.
Woodrow Wilson Center Press [u.a.]
c 2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Woman
/ Islam
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| Further subjects: | B
Feminism
Religious aspects
Islam
B Collection of essays B Muslim Women (Africa) B Muslim Women Legal status, laws, etc (Africa, Sub-Saharan) B Africa B Muslim woman B Women in Islam (Africa) B Africa Frauen Muslime Islam Gender-specific role / Gender composition Sexuality Rechtsstellung von Gruppen Islamic law Family law B Muslim Women Political activity (Africa) |
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| Summary: | Muslim women's knowledge production in the greater Maghreb: the example of Nana Asmaʼu of Northern Nigeria / Beverly B. Mack -- Rethinking marginality and agency in postcolonial Niger: a social biography of a Sufi woman scholar / Ousseina D. Alidou -- Deconstructing Islamic feminism: a look at Fatima Mernissi / Raja Rhouni -- Embodied tafsir: South African Muslim women confront gender violence in marriage / Saʼdiyyah Shaikh -- Changing conceptions of moral womanhood in Somali popular songs, 1960-1990 / Lidwien Kapteijns -- Guidelines for the ideal mu slim woman: gender ideology and practice in the Tabligh Jamaʻat in the Gambia / Marloes Janson -- Titanic in Kano: video, gender, and Islam / Heike Behrend -- Shariʻa activism and Zina in Nigeria in the era of hudud / Margot Badran -- Women and men put Islamic law to their own use: monogamy versus secret marriage in Mauritania / Corinne Fortier -- Islam, gender, and democracy in Morocco: the making of the mudawana reform / Julie E. Pruzan-Jørgensen -- Family law reform in Mali: contentious debates and elusive outcomes / Benjamin F. Soares -- Legal recognition of Muslim marriages in South Africa / Rashida Manjoo |
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| Item Description: | http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=20919 Includes index |
| Physical Description: | X, 324 S. |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-7481-1 978-0-8047-7481-9 |
