Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate (Ahmed Leila)(Paperback)

Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate (Ahmed Leila)(Paperback)

A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates,

Islam and Modernity: Key Issues and Debates (Khalid Masud Muhammad)(Paperback)

An introduction to and overview of the debates and questions emerging regarding Islam and modernity. Key issues are selected to give readers an understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon, an historical perspective, and access to several manifestations of modernity in Muslim

Practiced Citizenship: Women, Gender, and the State in Modern France (Barton Nimisha)(Paperback)

Over fifty years ago sociologist T. H. Marshall first opened the modern debate about the evolution of full citizenship in modern nation-states, arguing that it proceeded in three stages: from civil rights, to political rights, and finally to social rights. The shortcomings of this model were clear

Before and After Gender: Sexual Mythologies of Everyday Life (Strathern Marilyn)(Paperback)

Written in the early 1970s amidst widespread debate over the causes of gender inequality, Marilyn Strathern's Before and After Gender was intended as a widely accessible analysis of gender as a powerful cultural code and sex as a defining mythology. But when the series for which it was written

Women and Gender in Iraq (Ali Zahra)(Paperback)

In this book, Zahra Ali foregrounds a wide range of interviews with a variety of women involved in women's rights activism. Using these life stories, Ali provides a nuanced understanding of the everyday lives of women, the production and reproduction of gender norms and relations, and the

Debates in Modern Languages Education (Driscoll Patricia)(Paperback)

Debates in Modern Languages Education offers a comprehensive introduction and synthesis of the major themes and research evidence in language learning and teaching today, providing an up-to-date, authoritative review of traditional and contemporary issues in language teaching. With chapters by

Signs on the Earth: Islam, Modernity and the Climate Crisis (Khalid Fazlun)(Paperback)

A major study of environmentalism and Islam in practice and theory, with an historical overview that sets out future challenges, including reformulating the fiqh or Islamic legal tradition to take the ecological dimension seriously. In addressing this book to the one billion Muslims in the world it

What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic (Ahmed Shahab)(Paperback)

A bold new conceptualization of Islam that reflects its contradictions and rich diversity What is Islam? How do we grasp a human and historical phenomenon characterized by such variety and contradiction? What is 'Islamic' about Islamic philosophy or Islamic art? Should we speak of Islam or of

A Documentary Herstory of Women Artists in Revolution (Lippard Lucy R.)(Paperback)

A rare, ever-relevant compendium of texts and manifestos from women artists on gender and race issues in cultural institutionsOriginally published in 1971, A Documentary HerStory of Women Artists in Revolution documents the efforts of W.A.R., a loose group of women artists, filmmakers, writers and

Men, Women and Children: In Anglo Saxon Times (Bingham Jane)(Paperback / softback)

Examines the everyday lives and roles of men, women and children in different historical

The Islamic Doctrine of Women (Warner Bill)(Paperback)

The Islamic Doctrine of Women The role of women in Islam is very different than in our civilization. According to the will of Allah, women are to be subjugated to men in all things. They must lead their lives according to a doctrine that is based on the dictates of the Koran and how Mohammed

Feminism Art Theory: An Anthology 1968 - 2014 (Robinson Hilary)(Paperback)

Charting over 45 years of feminist debate on the significance of gender in the making and understanding of art, the long-anticipated new edition of Feminism-Art-Theory has been extensively updated and reworked. Completely revised, retaining only one-third of the texts of the earlier edition, with

Iranian Women and Gender in the Iran-Iraq War (Farzaneh Mateo Mohammad)(Paperback)

Eighteen months after Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, hundreds of thousands of the country's women participated in the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) in a variety of capacities. Iran was divided into women of conservative religious backgrounds who supported the revolution and accepted some of the

Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (Wiesner-Hanks Merry E.)(Paperback)

This new edition of Wiesner-Hanks's prize-winning survey has been thoroughly updated with significant changes designed to reflect the newest scholarship in every chapter. Global issues have been threaded fully throughout the book. As the leading text on women and gender in Europe, this remains

Surviving Becky(s): Pedagogies for Deconstructing Whiteness and Gender (Matias Cheryl E.)(Paperback)

The infamous rise in characterizations of white women as Becky(s) is a modern phenomenon, different from past characterizations like the Miss Anne types. But just who embodies the Becky? Why is it important to understand, especially with regards to anti-racism and racial justice? Understanding that

Freedom of Expression in Islam (Kamali Mohammad Hashim)(Paperback)

In recent years the subject of freedom of expression has become a topic of heated debate. 'Freedom of Expression in Islam' offers the first and only detailed presentation in English of freedom of expression from both the legal and moral perspectives of

Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches (Guarino Lindsay)(Paperback)

'A must-read for all dancers as the invaluable historical references and in-depth coverage of the different jazz forms cannot be found in such detail in any other book on the market today.'--Debra McWaters, author of Musical Theatre Training 'Artfully weaves history and professional perspectives to

Islam in Modern Turkey (Shively Kim)(Paperback)

This book provides a survey of Islam in Turkey since the founding of the modern republic in 1923. It examines the secularising policies of Turkey's founders and how these policies have shaped the development of religious institutions and social expectations around religious practice up to the

Gender Rules: Identity and Empire in Historical Perspective (Phoenix Karen)(Paperback)

Growing directly out of the experiences of a team of historians at Washington State University who designed a new foundational course for WSU's common requirements, the Roots of Contemporary Issues series is built on the premise that students will be better at facing current and future challenges,

Formations of Class & Gender: Becoming Respectable (Skeggs Bev)(Paperback)

Explanations of how identities are constructed are fundamental to contemporary debates in feminism and in cultural and social theory. Formations of Class & Gender demonstrates why class should be featured more prominently in theoretical accounts of gender, identity and power. Beverley Skeggs

Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam (Frishkopf Michael)(Paperback)

Tracing the connections between music making and built space in both historical and contemporary times, Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam brings together domains of intellectual reflection that have rarely been in dialogue to promote a greater understanding of the centrality of sound

The Book of the City of Ladies (Pizan Christine De)(Paperback)

A fascinating insight into the debates and controversies about the position of women in medieval culture, written by France's first professional woman of letters The pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and miserable after reading a male writer's tirade against

Al-Qur'an: A Contemporary Translation (Ali Ahmed)(Paperback)

This bilingual edition of the Qur'an, the Holy Book of Islam, was first published in the United States in 1988. Ahmed Ali, the distinguished Pakistani novelist, poet, critic, and diplomat, presents this elegant and poetic translation in a contemporary and living voice. On each page, the original

Islam in Historical Perspective - International Student Edition (Knysh Alexander (University of Michigan Near Eastern Studies))(Paperback / softback)