Women's Rebellion & Islamic Memory

, by Mernissi, Fatima; Agar, Emily

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ISBN: 9781856493987 | 1856493989
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/1/1996

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Introduction

vii

Writing is Better than a Face-lift

(7)

Rebuild Baghdad? But in What Galaxy?

(5)

Morocco: The Merchant's Daughter and the Son of the Sultan

(8)

The Merchant's Daughter and the Son of the Sultan

(5)

Women, Saints and Sanctuaries

(13)

Sanctuaries as Therapy

(2)

Sanctuaries as Antiestablishment Arenas

(2)

Sainthood as an Alternative to Male-defined Femininity

(2)

Male Saints as Antiheroes

(5)

Virginity and Patriarchy

(12)

The Link between Women and Nature

(1)

The Lack of Understanding between the Sexes

(2)

The Great Tragedy of the Patriarchal Male

(1)

Social Schizophrenia

(2)

The Consequences of Inequality

(1)

Social Changes and the Reorganization of Space

(2)

The Pursuit of Adolescent Girls

(1)

The Symptom of Malaise

(2)

Population Planning Without Democracy? The Conflict between the Muslim State and Women

(17)

The Unbridled Sexuality of Women as the Cause of the Population Explosion

(3)

The Notion of Ante-natal Care as a Revolution in the Relations between Women and the Muslim State: Female reproduction and male administative efficiency

(6)

Why is the Ineffectiveness of the Public Services in Women's Issues not Perceived as a Scandal? The notions of qaid and hijab as obstacles to citizenship

(3)

Women's Education and their Participation in the Process of Democratization, particularly in Media Production, as Two Ways of Promoting the Wider Use of Birth Control

(2)

Conclusion

(3)

Women's Work

(14)

Religious and Scientific Concepts as Political Manipulation in Dependent Islam

(5)

Sex Roles in Medieval Islam

(1)

The Jariya: History and Legend

(8)

The Jariya and the Caliph: Thoughts on the Place of Women in Muslim Political Memory

(15)

Pertinence of the Problematic and Definition of Concepts

(2)

Problematic

(10)

Conclusion: What is to be Done with an Anti-democratic `Political Memory'?

(3)

Women in Muslim History: Traditional Perspectives and New Strategies

(17)

Medieval History and the Legitimization of Women's Rights

(5)

Stategies for Enhancing the Image of Muslim Women

100

(9)

Femininity as Subversion: Reflection on the Muslim Concept of Nushuz

109

(12)

Individualism as a Crime Against the Sacred Law: The Concept of Bid'a and Its Proximity to the Concept of Nushuz

111

(2)

Sakina and A`isha: Feminists of the First Century of Islam

113

(1)

Sakina's Rebellion: The First Century

114

(1)

Feminism as an Internal Threat to Muslim Order: Implications of Nushuz

115

(3)

Conclusion: The Umma and the Challenge of Individualism(s)

118

(3)

Index

121

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