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Feminism and islamic fundamentalism: the limits of postmodern analysis

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A highly controversial intervention into the debate on postmodernism and feminism, this book looks at what happens when these modes of analysis are jointly employed to illuminate the sexual politics of Islam.

As a religion, Islam has been demonized for its gender practices like no other. This book analyzes that Orientalism, with particular reference to representations of Muslim women and describes the real sexual politics of Islam. The author goes on to describe the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the West's response to it. She argues that regardless of the sophisticated argument of postmodernists and their suspicion of power, as an intellectual and political movement postmodernism has put itself in the service of power and the status quo. Moghissi brilliantly demonstrates how this trend has given rise to a neo-conservative feminism.

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305.5 MOG F

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305.5 MOG F

Publisher

Karachi, Pakistan : Oxford University Press., 1999

Collation

166 hlm; 21 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-19 579369 2

Classification

305.5

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Subject(s)

Women
feminist
Religion
Postmodern analysis

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