Writing the Feminine: Women in Arab Sources

Conventional wisdom qualifies the Mediterranean Muslim woman as a passive person subjected to the tyranny and misogyny of her religion, society, and male relatives. These studies bear witness to the fact that individual women play pivotal roles in private domains of society and in the public realm.

• | By (Author): Randi Deguilhem, Manuela Marin (Edited by)
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• | Publication Date: Apr 26, 2002
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1860646972
• | ISBN-13: 9781860646973