Women and Islam in Bangladesh

Beyond Subjection and Tyranny
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-1-349-41179-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 342 g

This work of research by Taj Hashmi puts the issue of women's position in society in historical as well as Islamic perspectives to relate it to the objective conditions in Bangladesh. In eight illuminating chapters, he narrates how Quranic edicts about women have through the ages been misinterpreted by the power elites and the mullahs to suppress women. Even NGOs are not immune from exploiting them. Hope, according to the author, lies in the literacy and economic self-reliance of the Bangladeshi women.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hashmi, T.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Women in Islam: A Reappraisal Mullas, Popular Islam and Misogyny Women as Victims of the Salish: Fatwas, Mullas and the Village Community NGOs and Empowerment of Women: Some Problematic Prognoses Militant Feminism, Islam and Patriarchy: Taslima Nasreen, Ulama and the Polity Conclusions Index

Über Autor(innen)

TAJ UL-ISLAM HASHMI is Professor and Director, School of Liberal Arts and Science, Independent University, Bangladesh.