Women claim Islam
Subtitle: creating Islamic feminism through literature
By: Miriam Cooke.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Muslim women -- Arab countries -- History -- 20th century; Muslim women -- Arab countries -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Feminism -- Arab countries -- History -- 20th century; Feminism in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Arab women's literary history. Critical response ; The Gulf War story ; Gendering the Gulf War story ; The Iraqi version ; Migrating stories ; Conclusion; title: In search of mother tongues. Assia Djebar's prisonhouse ; Albert Memmi's struggles with his mother ; Abdelkebir Khatibi's bi-langue ; Jacques Derrida : "Le petit juif français d'Algérie" ; Conclusion; title: Reviewing beginnings. Islamic feminism ; Assia Djebar ; Fatima Mernissi ; Nawal El Saadawi ; Conclusion; title: A Muslim sister. Zaynab al-Ghazali's Muslim Ladies' Association ; Survival in hell ; Signs taken for wonders ; An Islamic feminist mission ; Conclusion; title: Multiple critique. Critical networking ; Imageness ; The weight of the veil ; Conclusion; title: Changing the subject. Academic politics.