Gulf women / edited by Amira El-Azhary Sonbol.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sonbol, Amira El Azhary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Persian Gulf--History.

Women.

Women--Persian Gulf--Social conditions--History.

Women--Arab countries--History.

Women--Arab countries--Social conditions--History.

Muslim women--Persian Gulf--History.

Muslim women.

Muslim women--Persian Gulf--Social conditions--History.

Muslim women--Arab countries--History.

Muslim women--Arab countries--Social conditions--History.

Social conditions.

History.

Arab countries.

Persian Gulf.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

x, 454 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Doha : Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation, 2012.

Summary:

This ground-breaking collection of essays provides a greater understanding of the history of the Gulf and the Arab world and is of relevance to Muslim women everywhere.

Featuring research never published before, Gulf Women is the result of a project aimed at finding sources and studying the history of women in the region. The articles cover ancient history, the mediaeval, early modern and contemporary periods.

Presenting discourses on the life of women in early Islam, women's work and the diversity of their economic contribution, the family - and how it changed over time - as well as the legal system and laws dealing with women and family from the pre-modern to the modern periods, this is a pioneering work by leading scholars from Arab and international universities. Book jacket.

Contents:

Women in eastern Arabia: myth and representation / Hatoon Ajwad al-Fassi

Tribalism, tribal feuds and the social status of women / Allen Fromherz

Women and politics in late Jahili and early Islamic Arabia: reading behind patriarchal history / Barbara Freyer Stowasser

Love discourse in Hijazi society under the Umayyads: a study in class and gender / Amira El-Zein

Nomadic histories: reflections on Bedouin women's poetry from the Gulf Region / Moneera al-Ghadeer

Women and the economy: pre-oil Gulf States / Hoda El Saadi

A labor of love: making space for midwives in Gulf history / Hibba Abugideiri

Women's religious activities in the Arabian Peninsula: a historical outlook / Omaima Abou-Bakr

Women and education in the Gulf: between the modern and the traditional / Ramadan al-Khouli

Women of the gulf during the first half of the twenthieth century: a comparative study of American missionary archives and local memory / Fatma al-Sayegh

Some considerations on the family in the Arabian peninsula in the late Ottoman and early post-Ottoman period / Soraya Altorki

The family in Gulf history / Amira El-Azhary Sonbol

Gender rights and Islamic legal tradition: an exploration / Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Gulf women and the codification of Muslim family law / Lynn Welchman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789992142684

9992142685

OCLC:

792978335