U.S. Foreign Policy and Muslim Women's Human Rights

by Kelly J. Shannon

Book Overview

A fresh interpretation of U.S. relations with the Muslim world since 1979

Americans' concerns about women's human rights in Muslim countries were triggered by the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and have evolved within the context of long-standing Western stereotypes about Muslims, as well as transnational feminism and the global human rights movement. As these frameworks simultaneously competed against and reinforced one another, U.S...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812249674
• ISBN13: 9780812249675
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"