On Shifting Ground
Subtitle: Muslim Women in the Global Era
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Feminist Press; Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Published: November 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781558615137
Subjects: Women's studies; History: American; History; History - U.S.; Iran; Multicultural Education; United States - 20th Century; History / United States / 20th Century; 21st century; Arab countries; Feminism; Muslim women; Social conditions
Description: "The rise in global communications is one of the many forces of change that are transforming-and being transformed by-the lives of Muslim women. The essays address "digital Islam"; the complicated impact of television soap operas on Egyptian women; the "veil debate"; and gender, religion, and citizenship in an information society. Contributors include 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi-published here for the first time in English in book form-who discusses transforming human rights from an Islamic feminist perspective. Together, these fascinating and accessible essays explode Western stereotypes about Muslim women. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.