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In Search of Islamic Feminism - by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea (Paperback)

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  • An acclaimed Arab Studies scholar and bestselling author offers a groundbreaking new interpretation of the status and vision of Muslim women--and challenges our own sense of the meaning of feminism.
  • About the Author: ELIZABETH WARNOCK FERNEA and her husband, Robert Fernea, traveled to the Arab world for the first time in 1956.
  • 464 Pages
  • Social Science, Women's Studies

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An acclaimed Arab Studies scholar and bestselling author offers a groundbreaking new interpretation of the status and vision of Muslim women--and challenges our own sense of the meaning of feminism.

"Islamic feminism" would seem a contradiction in terms to most Westerners. We are taught to think of Islam as a culture wherein social code and religious law alike force women to accept male authority and surrender to the veil. How could feminism emerge under such a code, let alone flourish? Now, traveling throughout Central Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as Islamic communities in the United States, acclaimed Arab Studies scholar and bestselling author Elizabeth Fernea sets out to answer that question.

Fernea's dialogue with friends, colleagues, and acquaintances prompts a range of diverse and unpredictable responses, but in every country she visits, women demonstrate they are anything but passive. In Iraq, we see an 85 percent literacy rate among women; in Egypt, we see women owning their own farms; and in Israel, we see women at the very forefront of peacemaking efforts. Poor or rich, educated or illiterate, these women define their own needs, solve their own problems, and determine the boundaries of their own very real, very viable feminism.



About the Author



ELIZABETH WARNOCK FERNEA and her husband, Robert Fernea, traveled to the Arab world for the first time in 1956. After writing Guests of the Sheik, her first book, she wrote The Arab World with Robert Fernea, as well as books about Egypt and Morocco. She also made five films about the lives of Arab women. She died in 2008.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.06 Inches (H) x 5.32 Inches (W) x 1.01 Inches (D)
Weight: .85 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 464
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Women's Studies
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Language: English
Street Date: November 10, 1998
TCIN: 1003134310
UPC: 9780385488587
Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-2780
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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