Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East,
Volume Designation
v. 91
ISSN of Series
0169-9423 ;
CONTENTS NOTE
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Selected sources for the study of South Asian Muslim women -- Muslim women in the history of South Asia -- Islamic traditions, Muslim women and the reform movement -- Pardah : Muslim women in/out of seclusion -- Religious practices -- In search of their identity : Muslim women setting new goals -- Women, nationalism and religion -- Muslim women's movements in South Asia -- The life cycle of South Asian Muslim women -- Women's rights to inherit property -- Education of South Asian Muslim women -- South Asian Muslim women's health -- Perspectives on South Asian women's development -- The arts and design -- Challenges, threats, and the responses of woman -- Feminism, new scholarship and new tools for development.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this volume comprehensive coverage of South Asian Muslim women's lives and their experiences, historically and contemporaneously, fills a serious gap in the existing scholarship regarding variegated patterns of Muslim communities.
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