Gender,politics and Islam (Paperback)

In a time of increasing hostility towards towards Islam, this collection extends the boundaries of global feminism to include Islamic women. Challenging Orientatlist assumptions of Muslim women as victims of Islam and Islamic fundamentalism, these groundbreaking essays focus on the complex relatiosn of power that shape womens negotations for identity, power, and agency as participants in religious, cultural and nationalist movements.

About Author :
Theresa Saliba is Faculty, Third World Feminist Studies, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA and formerly Associated Editor, Signs, and Senior Fullbright Scholars, Bethlehem University, West Bank.

Contents :
Introduction
Islamic Feminisma nd its Discontents
The Politics of Feminism in Islam
The Power paradox in Muslim womens majales
Icons and militants
Elusive bodies
contesting the Illicit
Women in the era of mdoernity and Islamic Fundamentalism
Framing nawal El Saadawi
Muslim women
About the contributors
Index