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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:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- There are numerous conflicts ensuing in the Middle East, but not all are being fought with rockets and rifles. While the Internet has proven invaluable to those who wish to uphold a patriarchal society and spread the message of Islamic fundamentalism, Muslim women have used the Web to build a transnational community intent on growing women's rights in the Middle East.<
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-4068-X
- OCLC:
- 749264745
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