Research Catalog

Title

Secular and Islamic feminist critiques in the work of Fatima Mernissi / by Raja Rhouni.

Author

Rhouni, Raja.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Details

Description

xix, 296 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book presents a detailed critical analysis of the work of Fatima Mernissi. Mernissi is considered to be one of the major figures in Feminist thought for both Morocco and Muslim society in general. This work discusses Mernissi's intellectual trajectory from 'secular' to 'Islamic' feminism in order to trace the evolution of so-called Islamic feminist theory. The book also engages critically with the work of other Muslim feminists, using frameworks and approaches developed in the works of Muslim reformist thinkers, namely Mohammed Arkoun and Nasr Abu Zaid, with the aim of engaging the theorization of this emerging Feminism."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Women and gender: the Middle East and the Islamic world, 1570-7628 ; v. 9

Uniform Title

Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 9.

Subject

• Mernissi, Fatima > Criticism and interpretation
• Mernissi, Fatima
• Mernissi, Fatima 1940-2015
• Marnīsī, Fāṭima al-, 1940-2015
• Feminists > Morocco
• Feminist theory
• Feminism > Religious aspects > Islam
• 11.84 Islam: other
• 71.31 sexes and their interrelations
• Feminists
• Feminismus
• Islam
• Säkularismus
• Feminisme
• Islam
• Frauenemanzipation > Islam
• Islam > Frauenemanzipation
• Feministische Theorie > Islam
• Islam > Feministische Theorie
• Morocco
• Marokko

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Mernissi as a Point of Entry into Islamic Feminism. 1. Mernissi and Her Critics --- 2. Engaging Islamic Feminist Theory through the Case of Mernissi --- 3. Laying Bare My Assumptions --- 4. Mernissi and Islamic Feminism --- 5. Rise of a Movement(s) and Birth of a Term --- 6. Islamic Feminism: An Oxymoron? --- 7. Problematizing 'Islamic Feminism': What's in a Name? --- 8. Organization of the Book ---- PART ONE. Mernissi's Secular Critique: Writing the Gendered Subaltern History of Morocco. I. Multiple-Front Postcolonial Feminist Critique --- 1. Revisiting French Colonialism and the 'Emancipation of Women' --- 2. Deconstructing Nationalist Discourse of 'Women's Liberation --- 3. Uncovering the Political and Economic Instrumentality of Traditional Gender Roles to a Neopatriarchal System ---- II. A Subaltern Critic Unveils the Intersection between Gender and Class Biases in Modernization Policies. 1. Mernissi's Subaltern Narrative and Conflicts with a Dogmatic Marxist Discourse --- 2. Problematizing Modernization through a Subaltern Narrative --- 3. Foregrounding 'Subaltern Consciousness': Can the Subaltern Be Heard by Mernissi? III. Decentering Feminism, Demystifying the Harem, and Revising 'Muslim History'. 1. Decentering Feminism --- 2. Demystifying the Harem Using a Double-Front Critique --- 3. In the Silent Margins of Muslim History ---- PART TWO. Between Secularist and Islamic Feminism. I. The Secularist Moment. 1. Beyond the Veil --- 2. Woman in the Muslim Unconscious ---- II. Revisiting Islam from 'Within'. 1. L'Amour dans les pays musutmans --- 2. The Veil and the Male Elite --- 3. Islam and Democracy ---- Conclusion: Toward a Post-foundationalist Islamic Feminism.

ISBN

• 9789004176164
• 9004176160

LCCN

2009040864

OCLC

• ocn457766073
• 457766073
• SCSB-1540252

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library