During the past two decades, the surge of religious fundamentalism in the United States and in the Muslim world has resulted in many studies of the status of women and other family issues. This volume is a cross-cultural study of women's social status in Iran, Egypt, and in the U.S. during different stages of religious fundamentalism. In each of these countries, women have been active participants in fundamentalist movements, and this study shows that such participation enables women to reexamine their relationship to power in the family and in society and increase their group solidarity and feminist consciousness. The author combined quantitative, historical, and interview techniques in her analysis, gathering data by administering a questionnaire to middle-class women in the three countries. In Iran, she interviewed selected women leaders about future gender roles in the Islamic Republic. Students in women's studies, Middle Eastern culture, religion, history, sociology, and psychology, and political science will be interested in this publication.
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An excellent work that contributes significantly to understanding Middle Eastern women' perceptions of their role in the interlocking relationship between state, faith, and family. Should be must reading for all students of women's issues.
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An excellent work that contributes significantly to understanding Middle Eastern women' perceptions of their role in the interlocking relationship between state, faith, and family. Should be must reading for all students of women's issues.
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Division of labor, which is the essence of many social organizations, has invariably incorporated a sexually segregated pattern of social responsibilities and rights. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Division of labor, which is the essence of many social organizations, has invariably incorporated a sexually segregated pattern of social responsibilities and rights. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dislikes wife, functional duality, relational feminism, secular feminism, best occupation, nurturing capacity, women other women Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Christian Right, Islamic Republic, Western Christianity, Mean Median Stdev, Phyllis Schlafly, Strongly Agree, United States, Middle East, Abdel Kader, Huda Sharawi, Supreme Court, Abdel Kadar, Ayatollah Khomeini, Full Time New!
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- Women in the Muslim World by Lois Beck on 4 pages
- Fundamentalism in Comparative Perspective by Lawrence Kaplan on 4 pages
- Studies in Religious Fundamentalism by Lionel Caplan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- NEW CHRISTIAN POLITICS by Anson Shupe BROMLEY in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Middle East Review: All the Central Asia States of the Former USSR, Plus Countries Such as Libya, Egypt and Algeria by Hunter Publishing in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism (Religion and Society) by Brenda E. Brasher on page 359
- Islam and Gender by Ziba Mir-Hosseini in Back Matter
- Islam and Gender by Ziba Mir-Hosseini in Back Matter
- The Power of Identity: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, Volume II (The Information Age) 2nd Edition by Manuel Castells in Back Matter
- A Social History Of Women And Gender In The Modern Middle East (Social History of the Modern Middle East) by Margaret Lee Meriwether on page 182
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