Women, Islam and the State

by Deniz Kandiyoti

Overview

Political projects of modern nation-states, the specificities of their nationalist histories and the positioning of Islam vis-a-vis diverse nationalisms are addressed in this volume with respect to their implications and consequences for women through a series of case studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780877227861
Publisher:	Temple University Press
Publication date:	05/30/1991
Series:	Women In The Political Economy
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Deniz Kandiyoti was formerly a member of the Social Science Departments of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and Bogazici University in Istanbul, and she served as chairperson of the research committee on women and society of the International Sociology Association from 1982 to 1986. She currently resides in England.

Table of Contents

Introduction, D. Kandiyoti; end of empire - Islam, nationalism and women in Turkey, D. Kandiyoti; hazards of modernity and morality - women, state and ideology in contemporary Iran, A. Najmabadi; the convenience of subservience - women and the state of Pakistan, A. Jalal; the quest for national identity - women, islam and the state in Bangladesh, N. Kabeer; forced identities - communalism, fundamentalism and women in India, A. Chhachhi; elite strategies for state building - women, family, religion and the state in Iraq and Lebanon, S. Joseph; competing agendas - feminists, Islam and the state in 19th and 20th century Egypt, M. Badran; the law, the state and socialist policies with regard to women - the case of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, M. Molyneux.

Editorial Reviews

"The most significant theoretical advance in Muslim-world women's studies for years."
—Voice Literary Supplement

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