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Beyond the hijab debates : new conversations on gender, race, and religion / edited by Tanja Dreher and Christina Ho.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslim women--Social conditions.
- Muslim women.
- Muslim women--Religious life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Headscarves in schools. Ethnic gang rapists. Domestic violence in Indigenous communities. Polygamy. Sharia law. It seems that in public debates around the world, concerns about marginalised communities often revolve around issues of gender and women's rights. Yet all too often, discussions about complex matters are reduced to simplistic debates such as "hijab: to ban or not to ban?" or "Muslim women: oppressed or liberated?". This collection provides a space for in-depth analyses on the pol...
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART II; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; PART III; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ENDNOTES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-267).
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-19184-5
- 9786612191848
- 1-4438-0819-9
- OCLC:
- 760223014
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