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| ISBN: | 0511018738
9780511018732
0511175663
9780511175664
9780511489518
051148951X
0521780225
9780521780223
0521785049
9780521785044
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-252) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | A considerable literature has been devoted to the study of Islamic activism. By contrast, Nadje Al-Ali's book explores the anthropological and political significance of secular-oriented activism by focusing on the women's movement in Egypt. In so doing, it challenges stereotypical images of Arab women as passive victims and demonstrates how they fight for their rights and confront conservative forces. Al-Ali's book also takes issue with prevailing constructions of 'the West' and its perceived dichotomous relation to 'the East'. The argument is constructed around interviews which afford fascinating insights into the history of the women's movement in Egypt, notions about secularism and how Islamist constituencies have impacted on women's activism generally. The balance between the empirical and conceptual material is adeptly handled. The author frames her work in the context of current theoretical debates in Middle Eastern and post-colonial scholarship: while some of the ideas are complex, her lucid style means they are always comprehensible; the book will therefore appeal to students, as well as to scholars in the field.
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| Other form: | Print version: Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig. Secularism, gender, and the state in the Middle East. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 0521780225
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