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Contemporary Istanbul
contemporary Muslim women's activism
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Female Preachers
Follow
Gender identity
Gender Privacy
gendered religious practices
Held
Islamic Dress
Islamic feminist theology
Islamic Sources
Islamist Women's Groups
Islamist Women’s Groups
Koran Meetings
Low Islam
Middle Eastern gender studies
Modernization
Murid Brotherhood
Muslim Brothers
Muslim Feminists
Muslim Women
Muslim women's agency
Muslim women's subjugation
Muslim World
Nawal El Saadawi
Public Bath
qualitative fieldwork Islam
Radical politics
religious identity formation
Religious Meetings
Sufi Orders
Vice Versa
Ville Nouvelle
Westernization
Woman's Religious Identity
Woman’s Religious Identity
Women's Religious Activism
Women's Religious Practices
Women’s Religious Activism
Women’s Religious Practices
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781859732557
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 09 Jan 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The current Islamic revival is frequently associated with fundamentalism and radical politics. This reinforces Western perceptions of Islamic women as victims of a sexist and reactionary rule. What many outsiders fail to realize is that quite a number of Muslim women are ardently embracing their religion as a means through which they can express gender identity, power and creativity.In overturning ingrained notions of Muslim women's subjugation, this timely book situates Islam as a religion undergoing reinterpretation and change -- especially in relation to gender identities -- rather than as a monolithic movement reacting against westernization and modernization. Through their political, educational, and recreational activities, more and more Muslim women are setting agendas of their own and are actively redefining the role of women in Muslim society.
Karin Ask Chr. Michelsen Institute Marit Tjomsland Chr. Michelsen Institute
