Feminists, Islam, and Nation

By Margot Badran

Book Overview

The emergence and evolution of Egyptian feminism is an integral, but previously untold, part of the history of modern Egypt. Drawing upon a wide range of women's sources--memoirs, letters, essays, journalistic articles, fiction, treatises, and extensive oral histories--Margot Badran shows how Egyptian women assumed agency and in so doing subverted and refigured the conventional patriarchal order. Unsettling a common claim that "feminism is Western" and dismantling the alleged opposition between feminism and Islam, the book demonstrates how the Egyptian feminist movement in the first half of this century both advanced the nationalist cause and worked within the parameters of Islam.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069103706X
• ISBN13: 9780691037066
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Be serious- this is a good and useful book

The other reviews of this book say that it is not so great- I actually think it is a very good book. I wanted to let people know that as a scholar involved in studying the Arab World I read and appreciated this book. It makes me sad that others don't take the time or try to learn enough to be able to appreciate such effort while other books on Arab women that are sensationalist, unethical or naive not to mention ill-researched are praised. The book may not be perfect, but it offers a lot of information and thoughtful analysis.

good as a compendium

I ve found this book very usefull as a compendium. There is a lots of detailed informations not to be found in others books on this subject. Maybe it is not to a good idea to start with this one if u r absolute beginner but if u look for the detaild informations on women's history in Egypt this is one of the best!