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Velvet jihad : Muslim women's quiet resistance to Islamic fundamentalism / Faegheh Shirazi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shirazi, Faegheh, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslim women.
- Islamic fundamentalism.
- Feminism--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Feminism.
- Women's rights--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Women's rights.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2009]
- Contents:
- Honor and virginity
- Sterility, childbirth, taboos, and popular religious practices
- Even dolls must wear hijab
- Arts and athletics : stepping over boundaries
- Gender preference : an Islamic view
- Bodies confined, spirits cleansed.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813033549
- 0813033543
- OCLC:
- 259265355
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