Islam, Culture and Women in Asia: Complex Terrains

ISBN-13: 9780415528269 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 114 str.

Firdous Azim

Opis

The relationship between Islam and women has always been seen as problematic, and by highlighting women's negotiations with this religion, this volume seeks to understand the many and various strategies and connections that are made, and their political and cultural ramifications.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Islam, culture and women Firdous Azim  2. Islamist women of Hamas: between feminism and nationalism Islah Jad  3. Just between us: identity and representation among Muslim women Amina Jamal  4. ‘Bahar Nikalna’: Muslim women negotiate post-conflict life Diia Rajan, Deepa Dhanraj and K. Lalita  5. Piety, music and gender transformation: reconfiguring women as culture bearing markers of modernity and nationalism in Bangladesh Samia Huq  6. The visibility of a pious public Rianne Subijanto  7. Women, Islam and nation in Bengal Firdous Azim  8. Popular expressions and matters of faith Safia Azim

O autorze

Firdous Azim is Professor of English and Chairperson of the Department of English and Humanities at BRAC University in Bangladesh. She is a member of Naripokkho, a woman’s activist organization based in Bangladesh. She is a member of the editorial collective of IACS. Her research interests and writings include post-colonial and feminist literary analysis and issues pertaining to feminist activism. She is the author of The Colonial Rise of the Novel (1993).