Perceptions of self, power, & gender among Muslim women : narratives from a rural community in Bangladesh
By: Alam, Sarwar
Publisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, c2018.Description: xvii, 288 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9783319737904 Other title: Perceptions of self power and gender among Muslim women.Subject(s): Muslim women -- Bangladesh -- Social conditions | Muslim women -- Religious life -- Bangladesh | Agent (Philosophy)DDC classification: 305.48697095492 AL PE| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection | 305.48697095492 AL PE (Browse shelf) | Available | Jan2020 | T0063151 |
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| 305.31 AL GU A guide to male-female interaction in Islam | 305.486970941 JO MU Muslim women and power : | 305.48697094281 NA AL Alternative performativity of Muslimness : | 305.48697095492 AL PE Perceptions of self, power, & gender among Muslim women : | 305.486971 AH WO Women and gender in Islam : historical roots of a modern debate / | 305.486971 AH WO Women and gender in Islam : historical roots of a modern debate / | 305.486971 VA LU Values and perceptions of the Islamic and Middle Eastern publics / |
Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Geography and DemographyChapter 3: Self, Identity, and IndividualityChapter 4: Women's Perceptions of Agency and PowerChapter 5: Sources of Power and AgencyChapter 6: Barriers to Women's Power and AgencyChapter 7: Construction of Gender and Gender IdeologyChapter 8: Conclusion.
This book analyzes perceptions of self, power, agency, and gender of Muslim women in a rural community of Bangladesh. Rural women’s limited power and agency has been subsumed within the male dominated Islamic discourses on gender. However, many Muslim women have their own alternative discourses surrounding power and agency. Sarwar Alam intertwines an exploration of these power dynamics with reading of the Qur’an and Hadith, and analyzes how Muslim women’s perception of power and gender are linked to their relationship with religion.