Inscribing South Asian Muslim women : an annotated bibliography & research guide / by Tahera Aftab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aftab, Tahera.

Series:

Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; Erste Abteilung, 91. Bd.

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East, 0169-9423 ; v. 91

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim women--South Asia--Bibliography.

Muslim women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (656 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With its trans-historic and comprehensive annotated sources, this volume serves as a kaleidoscope through which the reader glimpses the shifting patterns of the private and the public lives of South Asian Muslim women.

Contents:

Selected sources for the study of South Asian Muslim women

Muslim women in the history of South Asia

Islamic traditions, Muslim women and the reform movement

Pardah : Muslim women in/out of seclusion

Religious practices

In search of their identity : Muslim women setting new goals

Women, nationalism and religion

Muslim women's movements in South Asia

The life cycle of South Asian Muslim women

Women's rights to inherit property

Education of South Asian Muslim women

South Asian Muslim women's health

Perspectives on South Asian women's development

The arts and design

Challanges, threats, and the responses of woman

Feminism, new scholarship and new toods for development.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-92185-8

9786611921859

90-474-2385-2

OCLC:

608597790

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004158498.i-616 DOI