Gender and Patriarchy in the Films of Muslim Nations: A Filmographic Study of 21st Century Features from Eight Countries

ISBN-13: 9781476667874 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 159 str.

Patricia R. Owen

Opis

There are 49 Muslim-majority countries in the world and Islam is the world s second largest religion. Yet many in the West are misinformed about Islam and Muslim worldviews issues related to gender norms are especially subject to misconceptions. This filmography analyzes gender issues in 57 feature films from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey, with a focus on religious and legal legitimization of practices such as female genital mutilation, child marriage, virginity testing, public sexual harassment and molestation, and honor killings."