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Author:

Al-Rasheed, Madawi.

Title:

A most masculine state : gender, politics, and religion in Saudi Arabia / Madawi Al-Rasheed.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xii, 333 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Women--Saudi Arabia--Social conditions.
Muslim women--Saudi Arabia--Social conditions.
Feminism--Saudi Arabia.
Feminism--Islam.--Islam.
Women and religion--Saudi Arabia.
Sex role--Saudi Arabia.
Women's rights--Saudi Arabia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the 'woman question' in Saudi Arabia -- From religious revival to religious nationalism -- Schooling women: the state as benevolent educator -- Symbols of piety: fatwa on women in the 1980s -- The quest for cosmopolitan modernity -- Women in search of themselves -- Celebrity women novelists and the cosmopolitan fantasy -- Guarding self and nation: women preachers and activists -- Conclusion: light at the end of the tunnel.

Series:

Cambridge Middle East studies ; 43

ISBN:

052112252X (pbk.)
9780521122528 (pbk.)
0521761042 (hbk.)
9780521761048 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)806291281

LCCN:

2012028649

Locations:

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

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)