Barlas, Asma.

"Believing women" in Islam : unreading patriarchal interpretations of the Qur'ān / by Asma Barlas. - Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, c2002. - xvi, 254 p. ; 24 cm.

"Second impression 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Qur'an and Muslim women : reading patriarchy, reading liberation -- Part I : Texts and textualities : the Qur'an, Tafsir, and Ahadith ; Intertextualities, extratextual contexts : the Sunnah, Shari'ah, and the state -- Part II : Patriarchal imaginary of father/s : divine ontology and the prophets ; Qur'an, sex/gender, and sexuality : sameness, difference, equality ; Family and marriage : retrieving the Qur'an's egalitarianism -- Postscript.

9780292709041


Women in Islam.
Women in the Koran.
Women's rights--Religious aspects--Islam.

BP173.4 / .B35 2004