Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism Through Literature
, by Cooke,MiriamNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780415925549 | 0415925541
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 11/8/2000
Women Claim Islamanalyzes the stories and autobiographies of contemporary Muslim Arab women who have literally written themselves into the history of the twentieth century. This provocative collection addresses the ways in which Arab women writers are using Islam to empower themselves, and theorizes the conditions that have made the appearance of these new voices possible.