Based on original sources, this book questions the conventional wisdom that Mediterranean Muslim women are passive people subjected to the tyranny and misogyny of religion, society and male relatives. Encompassing everything from medieval love poetry to popular literary sources these studies bear witness to the fact that individual women of all social classes play pivotal roles in both the private domains of sociey and in the public realm.
Les mer
Conventional wisdom qualifies the Mediterranean Muslim woman as a passive person subjected to the tyranny and misogyny of her religion, society, and male relatives. These studies bear witness to the fact that individual women play pivotal roles in private domains of society and in the public realm.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781860646973
Publisert
2002-04-26
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; I.B. Tauris
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
288

Om bidragsyterne

Randi Deguilhem is with the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) at IREMAM/MMSH in Aix-en-Provence. Manuela Marin is a Senior Research Fellow at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Madrid).