Reshaping the holy
Subtitle: democracy, development, and Muslim women in Bangladesh
By: Elora Shehabuddin.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780231141567; 9780231141574; 9780231512558
Subjects: Muslim women -- Bangladesh -- Social conditions; Muslim women -- Bangladesh -- Social life and customs; Women in Islam -- Bangladesh
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gender, Islam, and politics in Bangladesh; title: Gender and social reform; title: A little money for tea : rural women's encounters with the state; title: Contesting development : between Islamist and secularist perspectives; title: Democracy on the ground; title: Beyond Muslim motherhood.