Women claim Islam : creating Islamic feminism through literature

Women claim Islam : creating Islamic feminism through literature / Miriam Cooke.

Author/creator	Cooke, Miriam
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Routledge, 2001.
Description	xxix, 175 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Muslim women--Arab countries --History --20th century. Muslim women--Arab countries --Intellectual life --20th century. Feminism--Arab countries --History --20th century. Feminism in literature.

Contents	Arab women's literary history. Critical response ; The Gulf War story ; Gendering the Gulf War story ; The Iraqi version ; Migrating stories ; Conclusion -- 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 -- Reviewing beginnings. Islamic feminism ; Assia Djebar ; Fatima Mernissi ; Nawal El Saadawi ; Conclusion -- A Muslim sister. Zaynab al-Ghazali's Muslim Ladies' Association ; Survival in hell ; Signs taken for wonders ; An Islamic feminist mission ; Conclusion -- Multiple critique. Critical networking ; Imageness ; The weight of the veil ; Conclusion -- Changing the subject. Academic politics.
LCCN	00035315
ISBN	0415925533
ISBN	0415925541 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HQ1170 .C75 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold