Inscribing South Asian Muslim Women

An Annotated Bibliogaphy & Research Guide
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15849-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 91, 616 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1188 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East

In this volume comprehensive coverage of South Asian Muslim women’s lives and their experiences, historically and contemporaneously, fills a serious gap in the existing scholarship regarding variegated patterns of Muslim communities. The careful selection of key sources with annotations makes these women visible by ending their exclusion from historical studies and the contemporary feminist canon. Also, the translated excerpts from Farsi, Urdu and Bengali languages provide a much-needed English-language source base on South Asian Muslim women. What makes this work unique, compared to similar works, is the extent to which it presents sources that were never put together. The work, thus, is no longer just a bibliography; it moves far beyond what a bibliography is ordinarily conceived to be.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aftab, Tahera

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sexualität & Gender in den Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Tahera Aftab, Ph.D. (1986) in History, University of Karachi, is Professor of History and Director of Women's Studies (rtd.) at the University of Karachi, Pakistan. She is the editor and publisher of Pakistan Journal of Women's Studies: Alam-e-Niswan.