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Encountering the transnational [[electronic resource] ] : women, Islam and the politics of interpretation / / by Meena Sharify-Funk



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Autore: Sharify-Funk Meena Visualizza persona
Titolo: Encountering the transnational [[electronic resource] ] : women, Islam and the politics of interpretation / / by Meena Sharify-Funk Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
Disciplina: 305.48/697
Soggetto topico: Muslim women
Women in Islam
Islam and civil society
Islamic modernism
Islam - 21st century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Mixed Messages and Multiple Agendas: The Politics of 'Women and Islam'; 3 Trends and Transformations in Contemporary Islamic Hermeneutics; 4 Identity and Interpretation: Dialogue and the Negotiation of Meaning; 5 The Transnational and the Politics of Community; 6 Muslim Society and State: The Politics of Public Space; 7 Muslim Woman as Self/Other: The Politics of Identity; 8 Conclusion: A Space for Connectivity and Dynamism; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: When Muslim women from diverse national and cultural contexts meet one another through transnational dialogue and networking, what happens to their sense of identity and social agency? This is a compelling account of conversations that are bringing new energy and dynamism into women's activism in a world of collapsing distances.
Titolo autorizzato: Encountering the transnational  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-317-14392-2
1-317-14391-4
1-281-24122-9
9786611241223
0-7546-8642-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450683603321
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Serie: Gender in a global/local world.