Muslim Women's Rights: Contesting Liberal-Secular Sensibilities in Canada

ISBN-13: 9781138741225 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 200 str.

Tabassum Fahim Ruby

Opis

Muslim Women’s Rights explores how liberal-secular sensibilities inform, shape, and foreclose public discussion on questions of Islam and gender.

Spis treści

Preface, Acknowledgments, Glossary of Arabic Words, 1. Liberal-Secular Sensibilities and a Genealogy of the Ontario Shari‘ah Tribunals 2. From Orientalism to Neo-Orientalism: Discourses of Race and Imperial Hegemony in the Name of Gender Equality 3. Liberalism, the Court System, and Multiculturalism: Examining Epistemic Claims 4. Secularism and Its Discontents: Social Hierarchies that Matter 5. Aversion or Conversion: A Missed Opportunity? 6. Ideology, Ontology, and Epistemology: Shari‘ah Debates and the Tawhidi (Unitary) Weltanschauung 7. Conclusion: Signs are Enough for Those Who Think

O autorze

Tabassum Fahim Ruby is an assistant professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her research focuses on Islam and gender discourses, liberal-secular epistemology, and globalization. Her most recent publications have appeared in Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Women’s Studies International Forum, and Feminist Formations.