Women and Gender in Islam; Historical Roots of a Modern Debate

by Leila Ahmed

• ISBN13: 9780300055832
• ISBN10: 0300055838
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1993-07-28
• Publisher: YALE

Summary

In this book Leila Ahmed adds a new perspective to the current debate about women and Islam by exploring its historical roots, tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender from the ancient world to the present.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(8)
PART 1 The Pre-Islamic Middle East	9	(30)
Chapter 1 Mesopotamia	11	(14)
Chapter 2 The Mediterranean Middle East	25	(14)
PART 2 Founding Discourses	39	(86)
Chapter 3 Women and the Rise of Islam	41	(23)
Chapter 4 The Transitional Age	64	(15)
Chapter 5 Elaboration of the Founding Discourses	79	(23)
Chapter 6 Medieval Islam	102	(23)
PART 3 New Discourses	125	(110)
Chapter 7 Social and Intellectual Change	127	(17)
Chapter 8 The Discourse of the Veil	144	(25)
Chapter 9 The First Feminists	169	(20)
Chapter 10 Divergent Voices	189	(19)
Chapter 11 The Struggle for the Future	208	(27)
Conclusion	235	(14)
Notes	249	(31)
Index	280