Islam, culture and women in Asia
Subtitle: complex terrains
By: edited by Firdous Azim
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780415528269
Subjects: Women; Muslimska kvinnor; Muslim women; Social conditions; Women in Islam; Kvinnor och islam; Islam
Description: An examination of the place of religion, especially Islam, in political and cultural life took on a special urgency after the events of 9/11. The essays in this volume concentrate on the way that Islam impacts on the everyday lives of people who reside in societies where Islam plays a large part. The relationship between Islam and women has always been seen as problematic, and by highlighting women's negotiations with this religion, this volume seeks to understand the many and various strategies and connections that are made, and their political and cultural ramifications. By keeping an Asian focus, the authors also seek to understand the wide panorama that Islamic societies inhabit, and the manifold political and cultural expressions that ensue from this. The effort is not only to break the image of a monolithic structure and set of beliefs, but also to highlight on-the-ground negotiations, and the ways that women in particular find spaces within Islamic structures and discourses.
Notes: "This book is a reproduction of Inter-Asia cultural studies, volume 12, issue 2"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.