Secular and Islamic feminist critiques in the work of Fatima Mernissi [electronic resource] / by Raja Rhouni.

ISBN:

9789047429609

9781282602946

Title:

Secular and Islamic feminist critiques in the work of Fatima Mernissi [electronic resource] / by Raja Rhouni.

Author:

Rhouni, Raja.

Personal Author:

Rhouni, Raja.

Publication Information:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 296 pages).

Series:

Women and gender: the Middle East and the Islamic world, v. 9

Contents:

PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction Mernissi as a Point of Entry into Islamic Feminism; PART ONE MERNISSI'S SECULAR CRITIQUE: WRITING THE GENDERED SUBALTERN HISTORY OF MOROCCO; Chapter One Multiple-Front Postcolonial Feminist Critique; Chapter Two A Subaltern Critic Unveils the Intersection between Gender and Class Biases in Modernization Policies; Chapter Three Decentering Feminism, Demystifying the Harem, and Revising 'Muslim History'; PART TWO BETWEEN SECULARIST AND ISLAMIC FEMINISM; Chapter Four The Secularist Moment; Chapter Five Revisiting Islam from 'Within'

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Personal Subject:

Mernissi, Fatima-Criticism and interpretation.

Subject Term:

Feminists -- Morocco.

Feminist theory.

Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Summary

This book presents a detailed critical analysis of the work of Fatima Mernissi. Mernissi is considered to be one of the major figures in Feminist thought for both Morocco and Muslim society in general.

This work discusses Mernissi's intellectual trajectory from 'secular' to 'Islamic' feminism in order to trace the evolution of so-called Islamic feminist theory. The book also engages critically with the work of other Muslim feminists, using frameworks and approaches developed in the works of Muslim reformist thinkers, namely Mohammad Arkoun and Nasr Abu Zaid, with the aim of engaging the theorization of this emerging feminism.