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Beyond the veil : male-female dynamics in modern Muslim society / Fatima Mernissi.

By: Publication details: London, UK : Saqi Books, 2003.Edition: Rev. edDescription: 198 p. ; pbk ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0863564410
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42107/MER
Contents:
Introduction: Roots of the Modern Situation --- Part One: The Traditional Muslim View of Women and Their Place in the Social Order -- 1. The Muslim Concept of Active Female Sexuality -- 2. Regulation of Female Sexuality in the Muslim Social Order 3. Sex and Marriage Before Islam --- Part Two: Anomic Effects of Modernization on Male-Female Dynamics -- 4. The Modern Situation: Moroccan Data -- 5. Sexual Anomie As Revealed by the Data -- 6. Husband and Wife -- 7. The Mother-in-Law -- 8. The Meaning of Spatial Boundaries -- 9. The Economic Basis of Sexual Anomie in Morocco -- Conclusion: Women's Liberation in Muslim Countries.
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Book The Emmaus Library 300 Social sciences. 305.42107/MER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 14295

Originally published in 1975.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Roots of the Modern Situation ---
Part One: The Traditional Muslim View of Women and Their Place in the Social Order --
1. The Muslim Concept of Active Female Sexuality --
2. Regulation of Female Sexuality in the Muslim Social Order 3. Sex and Marriage Before Islam ---
Part Two: Anomic Effects of Modernization on Male-Female Dynamics --
4. The Modern Situation: Moroccan Data --
5. Sexual Anomie As Revealed by the Data --
6. Husband and Wife --
7. The Mother-in-Law --
8. The Meaning of Spatial Boundaries --
9. The Economic Basis of Sexual Anomie in Morocco --
Conclusion: Women's Liberation in Muslim Countries.

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