Inscribing South Asian Muslim women : an annotated bibliography & research guide

1. Verfasser: Aftab, Tahera
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Umfang/Format: xl, 616 p. ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Handbuch der Orientalistik Erste Abteilung, Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 91
ISBN: 9004158499
9789004158498
ISSN: 0169-9423
Online-Zugang: Table of contents only
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Selected sources for the study of South Asian Muslim women
  • Muslim women in the history of South Asia
  • Islamic traditions, Muslim women and the reform movement
  • Pardah : Muslim women in/out of seclusion
  • Religious practices
  • In search of their identity : Muslim women setting new goals
  • Women, nationalism and religion
  • Muslim women's movements in South Asia
  • The life cycle of South Asian Muslim women
  • Women's rights to inherit property
  • Education of South Asian Muslim women
  • South Asian Muslim women's health
  • Perspectives on South Asian women's development
  • The arts and design
  • Challanges, threats, and the responses of woman
  • Feminism, new scholarship and new toods for development.