An Islam of her own : reconsidering religion and secularism in women's Islamic movements / Sherine Hafez.

Author/creator Hafez, Sherine
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxi, 191 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
Women in Islam.
Feminism--Islamic countries.

Contents Introducing desiring subjects -- Writing religion : Islam and subjectivity -- Women's Islamic movements in the making -- An Islam of her own : narratives of activism -- Desires for ideal womanhood -- Development and social change : Mehmeit -- Reconsidering women's desires in Islamic movements.
Abstract "As the world grapples with issues of religious fanaticism, extremist politics, and rampant violence that seek justification in either "religious" or "secular" discourses, women who claim Islam as a vehicle for individual and social change are often either regarded as pious subjects who subscribe to an ideology that denies them many modern freedoms, or as feminist subjects who seek empowerment only through rejecting religion and adopting secularist discourses. Such assumptions emerge from a common trend in the literature to categorize the 'secular' and the 'religious' as polarizing categories, which in turn mitigates the identities, experiences and actions of women in Islamic societies. Yet in actuality Muslim women whose activism is grounded in Islam draw equally on principles associated with secularism." Publisher Description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.
LCCN 2011003189
ISBN9780814773031 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0814773036 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN9780814773048 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0814773044 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN9780814773055 (ebook)
ISBN0814773052 (ebook)

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Joyner General Stacks BP173.4 .H34 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold