ECU Libraries Catalog

Women and gender in Islam : historical roots of a modern debate / Leila Ahmed.

Author/creator Ahmed, Leila author.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info New Haven : Yale University Press, [1992]
Copyright Notice ©1992
Description1 online resource (viii, 296 pages)
Supplemental Content JSTOR
Subject(s)
Contents Part 1: The pre-Islamic Middle East: Mesopotamia ; The Mediterranean Middle East -- Part 2: Founding Discourses: Women and the rise of Islam ; The transitional age ; Elaboration of the founding discourses ; Medieval Islam -- Part 3: New Discourses: Social and intellectual change ; The discourse of the veil ; The first feminists ; Divergent voices ; The struggle for the future.
Abstract Explores the historical roots of the debate about women in Islamic societies by tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender up to the present. The book describes the gender systems in place in the Middle East both before and after the rise of Islam.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 249-279) and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Ahmed, Leila. Women and gender in Islam. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [1992] 9780300049428
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formHistory.
ISBN9780300162714 (electronic bk.)
ISBN0300162715 (electronic bk.)
Stock number22573/ctt2zzxjn JSTOR

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources Access Content Online ✔ Available