Beyond the veil : male-female dynamics in modern Muslim society
In this expanded and updated edition, with a new introduction on Muslim women and fundamentalism, Mernissi argues that Islamic fundamentalism is in part a defense against recent changes in sex roles and perceptions of sexual identity.
Print Book, English, 1987
Rev. ed View all formats and editions
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1987
Pregrado
xxix, 200 p. ; 22 cm
9780253204233, 9780253311627, 0253204232, 0253311624
710007369
Muslim Women and Fundamentalism: Introduction to the Revised EditionPreface: A Note to the Western ReaderIntroduction: Roots of the Modern SituationPart One The Traditional Muslim View of Women and Their Place in the Social Order1. The Muslim Concept of Active Female Sexuality2. Regulation of Female Sexuality in the Muslim Social Order3. Sex and Marriage Before IslamPart Two Anomic Effects of Modernization on Male-Female Dynamics4. The Modern Situation: Moroccan Data5. Sexual Anomie As Revealed by the Data6. Husband and Wife7. The Mother-in-Law8. The Meaning of Spatial Boundaries9. The Economic Basis of Sexual Annomie in MorocoConclusion: Women's Liberation in Muslim CountriesNotesSuggested Supplementary Reading Compiled by Mary Jo LakelandIndex