Beyond the Exotic: Women's Histories in Islamic Societies

Book Overview

Most research has accepted stereotypical images of Muslim women, treating their outward manifestations, such as veiling, as passive and oppressive. Muslim women have been depicted as different, and by exoticizing (orientalizing) them--or Islamic society in general--"they" have been dealt with outside of general women's history and regarded as having little to contribute to the writing of world history or to the life of their sisters worldwide. By...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815630557
• ISBN13: 9780815630555
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"