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Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots to a Modern Debate Hardcover – February 26, 1992

by Leila Ahmed (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars 152 ratings
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Explores the historical roots of the debate about women in Islamic societies by tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender up to the present. The book describes the gender systems in place in the Middle East both before and after the rise of Islam.
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  1. Part of series
    Veritas Paperbacks
  2. Print length
    320 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Yale University Press
  5. Publication date
    February 26, 1992
  6. Dimensions
    1.2 x 6.4 x 9.4 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0300049420
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0300049428
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; First Edition (February 26, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300049420
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300049428
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.54 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.2 x 6.4 x 9.4 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 152 ratings

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Customers find the book informative and fact-oriented, with one mentioning it serves as essential reading for Women's Studies courses. The book receives positive feedback for its readability.

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Customers find the book informative and fact-oriented, with one customer describing it as an incredible collection of facts and history, while another notes it's essential reading for Women's Studies courses.

"...Ahmed's book goes beyond Islam, and to the evolution of religion parallel to women's studies. A must read." Read more

"90% of this book is fact oriented which makes this a great read to gain insight on the past...." Read more

"An essential reading for any Women's Studies course." Read more

"...The book is methodologically unsound for that reason, in my opinion...." Read more

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  • Semhar
    5.0 out of 5 stars good
    Reviewed in Canada on October 17, 2017
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    On time, good value
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  • KrankyKat
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing work
    Reviewed in Germany on April 1, 2014
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    This academic study covers several millenia without ever being superficial. It was first published in 1992, but it still reads like a novel to me. Ahmed is an amazing writer, and her scholarship is simply impressive. She digs up all the scholarship on women in what is now called the Middle East and shows historical gender ideologies and women's lives beginning in Babylonian times.
    This then serves as a background on which to see the changes to gender in Muhammad's time and the time of the expansion of Islam.
    Ahmed presents gender in Egypt just before the advent of modernity and the connections today's Western discourse of Muslim women has to colonialism. She presents early Egyptian feminists and their situation.
    Obviously, this book does not cover very recent history, such as the Arab Spring, but it definitely adds some background information to these recent events too.
    I took about 3 months to read this book, reading it on and off, chapter for chapter, very thoroughly - it is so full of information and I noticed I was going back to earlier chapters. So much to learn from.
    The conclusion, too, is very inspiring, as it presents thoughts about the future of some sort of Islamic feminism that, unlike many westerners demand, would not want to abandon Middle Eastern cultures per se, but find a way to transform them towards more equality.
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  • Lexicon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 4, 2017
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    This is a great historical and social look at women's role in Islam through the ages and gives a balanced look at how bias and misogyny has pervaded Islam, when in fact, it forbids such deplorable behaviour. A real eye opener.
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  • Oub
    5.0 out of 5 stars Un des meilleurs livres que j'ai lu de ma vie
    Reviewed in France on February 4, 2014
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    Je ne pensais pas en ouvrant ce bouquin, recommandé par un blog, que j'allais révolutionner ma façon de voir l'histoire des femmes. Il l'aborde, certes, par le biais de l'Islam, mais comme l'auteure remonte aux temps pré-islamiques, et décrit également la vie des femmes chrétiennes, grecques, bref du moyen-orient au sens large, cela nous concerne nous aussi, femmes occidentales et c'est passionnant.

    Leila Ahmed procède avec une rigueur scientifique tout à fait convaincante, tout en affirmant son point de vue, elle ne se cache pas derrière une pseudo-neutralité scientifique. Le livre est écrit de façon chronologique, partant d'avant la naissance de l'Islam, jusqu'au 20ième siècle.

    C'est un livre qui permet de bien comprendre les débats d'aujourd'hui sur le voile et la libération des femmes musulmanes, explique le pourquoi de la recrudescence de religiosité parmi les musulmans lors de ces 20 dernières années, etc, etc...

    Ce livre est dense, et après l'avoir terminé, ma vision du monde s'était déplacée, j'avais le sentiment d'un coup de décrypter les débats actuels sur le sujet d'une façon totalement nouvelle. C'est un livre qui casse les préjugés des occidentaux sur l'islam et la culture de ceux qui le pratique.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Sempre comodo il Kindle Amazon!
    Reviewed in Italy on August 28, 2024
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    Fantastico l'invio con la velocità di Kindle, per potere leggere subito.
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