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Author:

Cooke, Miriam.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Routledge ,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

xxix, 175 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

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.

ISBN:

9780415925549 (pbk.)
0415925541 (pbk.)
9780415925532
0415925533

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44851941

LCCN:

00035315

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)