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- ISBN-10
- 1845199162
- Publication Name
- Sussex Academic Press
- Type
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781845199166
- Book Title
- Faith and Feminism in Pakistan : Religious Agency or Secular Autonomy?
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Author
- Afiya S. Zia
- Genre
- Religion, Social Science
- Topic
- Theology, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Sociology / General, Islam / General, Women’s Studies, Sexuality & Gender Studies
- Item Weight
- 17.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
- Country of Origin
- United States
FAITH AND FEMINISM IN PAKISTAN: RELIGIOUS AGENCY OR By Afiya S. Zia – Hardcover
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
ISBN-10
1845199162
ISBN-13
9781845199166
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240010334
Product Key Features
Book Title
Faith and Feminism in Pakistan : Religious Agency or Secular Autonomy?
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Theology, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Sociology / General, Islam / General, Women’s Studies, Sexuality & Gender Studies
Genre
Religion, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-043011
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
This sophisticated, sharp analysis of womens activism in Pakistan, brings home the crucial relevance of secular womens movement and working-class womens activism, under religious militancy. An essential read for those interested in better understanding the many dimensions of the sensitive subject, womens political actions in Muslim contexts. – Haideh Moghissi, York University, Toronto, author of the award-winning Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism
Dewey Decimal
305.42095491
Synopsis
Are secular aims, politics, and sensibilities impossible, undesirable and impracticable for Muslims and Islamic states? Should Muslim women be exempted from feminist attempts at liberation from patriarchy and its various expressions under Islamic laws and customs? Considerable literature on the entanglements of Islam and secularism has been produced in the post-9/11 decade and a large proportion of it deals with the Woman Question. Many commentators critique the secular and Western feminism, and the racialising backlash that accompanied the occupation of Muslim countries during the War on Terror military campaign launched by the U.S. government after the September 11 attacks in 2001. Implicit in many of these critical works is the suggestion that it is Western secular feminism that is the motivating driver and permanent collaborator — along with other feminists, secularists and human rights activists in Muslim countries — that sustains the Wests actual and metaphorical war on Islam and Muslims. The book addresses this post-9/11 critical trope and its implications for womens movements in Muslim contexts. The relevance of secular feminist activism is illustrated with reference to some of the nation-wide, working-class womens movements that have surged throughout Pakistan under religious militancy: polio vaccinators, health workers, politicians, peasants and artists have been directly targeted, even assassinated, for their service and commitment to liberal ideals. Afiya Zia contends that Muslim womens piety is no threat against the dominant political patriarchy, but their secular autonomy promises transformative changes for the population at large, and thereby effectively challenges Muslim male dominance. This book is essential reading for those interested in understanding the limits of Muslim womens piety and the potential in their pursuit for secular autonomy and liberal freedoms., Are secular aims, politics, and sensibilities impossible, undesirable and impracticable for Muslims and Islamic states? Should Muslim women be exempted from feminist attempts at liberation from patriarchy and its various expressions under Islamic laws and customs? Considerable literature on the entanglements of Islam and secularism has been produced in the post-9/11 decade and a large proportion of it deals with the “Woman Question”. Many commentators critique “the secular” and “Western feminism,” and the racialising backlash that accompanied the occupation of Muslim countries during the “War on Terror” military campaign launched by the U.S. government after the September 11 attacks in 2001. Implicit in many of these critical works is the suggestion that it is Western secular feminism that is the motivating driver and permanent collaborator – along with other feminists, secularists and human rights activists in Muslim countries – that sustains the West’s actual and metaphorical “war on Islam and Muslims.” Faith and Feminism addresses this post-9/11 critical trope and its implications for women’s movements in Muslim contexts. The relevance of secular feminist activism is illustrated with reference to some of the nation-wide, working-class women’s movements that have surged throughout Pakistan under religious militancy: polio vaccinators, health workers, politicians, peasants and artists have been directly targeted, even assassinated, for their service and commitment to liberal ideals. Afiya Zia contends that Muslim women’s piety is no threat against the dominant political patriarchy, but their secular autonomy promises transformative changes for the population at large, and thereby effectively challenges Muslim male dominance. This book is essential reading for those interested in understanding the limits of Muslim women’s piety and the potential in their pursuit for secular autonomy and liberal freedoms.
LC Classification Number
HQ1745.5.Z53 2018
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