- ISBN: 9780415701037 | 0415701031
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/1/2006
"Gender and Self in Islam examines the theological, cultural, and social roots of hierarchical gender system in the Muslim communities and its impact on the constitution of the self. It traces the historical and contemporary patterns of women's lives, including their oppressions and their resistance to what is accepted as the philosophical and Islamic truth of being men and women."--BOOK JACKET.



