A most masculine state : gender, politics and religion in Saudi Arabia /
Al-Rasheed, Madawi.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
c2013.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-313) and index.
Introduction: the 'woman question' in Saudi Arabia -- From religious revival to religious nationalism -- Schooling women: the state as benevolent educator -- Symbols of piety: fatwa on women in the 1980s -- The quest for cosmopolitan modernity -- Women in search of themselves -- Celebrity women novelists and the cosmopolitan fantasy -- Guarding self and nation: women preachers and activists -- Conclusion: light at the end of the tunnel.
Women
Muslim women
Feminism
Feminism
Women and religion
Sex role
Women's rights