Edition: First Paperback Printing
Binding: Card Wrappers
Publisher: Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780201632217ISBN:0201632217
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 'A highly original and important critical contribution to the study of women in Islam'. 228pp. Bright, clean and unmarked. Tight, square binding, no creases to spine. About 'as new'. Weight, 340g. read more
Description: [0-201-52321-3] 191, 1st edition in English., 1st edition in English. (Hardcover) Very good in slightly discolored dust jacket. A few passages underlined. Chapter notes, appendices, index. Translation of Le Harem Politique. Translated by Mary Jo Lakeland. (Women's Studies, Women in Islam, Women in the Hadith) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub., Reading, Ma
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780201523218ISBN:0201523213
Description: Vg in d/j. xi+228pp., trans. by Mary Jo Lakeland, preface to the Englaish edition, intro., notes, appendices, index. Mernissi demonstrates through her readings of the Hadiths, that the Prophet was opposed to all hierarchies, that women were equal partners. She shows how the Hadiths have been manipulated by the male elite to gain and retain their privileges. read more
Description: A feminist interpretation of women's rights in Islam. Translated from the French by MARY JO LAKELAND. Cambridge [MA], 1991. (xi, 228 p., chrono., notes, maps, bibl., ind. ); paper. Excellent. Is Islam opposed to women's rights? The author examines this question by focusing on the early years of Islam and Mohammed's intention of creating an egalitarian society without slaves or sexual discrimination. read more
Description: Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. 24x15cm, xii, 228 pp. Contents: Sacred Text as a Political Weapon: The Muslim & Time; The Prophet & Hadith; A Tradition of Misogyny; Medina in Revolution: The Three Fateful Years: The Hijab, the Veil; The Prophet & Space; The Prophet & Women; 'Umar & the Men of Medina; The Prophet as Military Leader; The Hijab Descends on Medina; Conclusion; Appendices. read more
Description: Good. Used-Good. May contain highlighting/underlining/notes/etc. May have used stickers on cover. Ships same or next day. Expedited shipping takes 2-3 business days; standard shipping takes 4-14 business days. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Perseus Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780201523218ISBN:0201523213
Description: Near Fine in Very Good + jacket. Except for a little gentle shelf rubbing at the corners, excellent, clean, with no ownership marks. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780201632217ISBN:0201632217
Description: New. 'Fatima Mernissi has more ideas per book than any other thinker in the Middle East. Her later works increasingly integrate her brilliant ideas into sustained and compelling discourse that is very much worthy of attention. 'Laurence O. Michalak. read more
"okay, confession time: two chapters in, and I can honestly say there's no chance I'm every going to finish this book. It has poetic moments, numerous cultural insights and phenomenal scholarship - so why do I hate reading it?"
"The Veil and the Male Elite is a tricky book to rate, since I am definitely not its target audience. I suppose I expected a feminist look at modern Muslim culture, and this book is really more a theological look at women's rights and a historical look at how various verses of the Koran that are used to justify anti-feminist sentiments in Muslim cultures came to be included.
My knowledge of early Muslim history was greatly enhanced by reading this, and yet I felt something of a Sunni bias creeping into its middle chapters. Since I considered my own knowledge inadequate at identifying this in its entirety, it made the entire book less trustworthy for me, since I felt too ignorant to judge what was and was not widely accepted as truth throughout the Muslim world.
The introduction and first chapter are an inexplicably unintelligible low point of the book, and I highly recommend skipping them and perhaps returning later; I nearly threw in the towel on reading the entire work because these were either so poorly written or translated that I found them almost unbearable. After that, the book settles into a more historical overview, and takes us through the founding of Islam and the political events that surrounded various prophecies. For those unfamiliar with Islam it's a rapid and fascinating overview. I found the author's feminist insights actually less valuable than her overview of Islam. My favorite part of the book is learning about Sukayna in the conclusion. She sounds fascinating, and I wanted to learn more."
"Another of Mernissi's deep academic works on women in Islam. I think it might be related to Beyond the Veil--much of the general ideas are the same, including that orthodox Islam allows women much greater freedoms than generally believed in the West (and generally practiced in Islam nations). A good solid read, but not as entertaining as Nine Parts of Desire."
"Mernissi writes as an amateur, without much training in early Muslim sources, which inevitably leaves rigorous historians skeptical. However, she's much more competent in her use of the historical sources than Leila Ahmed, the other widely-read author on the topic of women in early Islam. Moreover, she does make a couple of original and worthwhile observations and raise an interesting point or two that one can argue about. In other words, the rigorous historian ought to be grateful that an amateur has produced something that is not entirely without value."
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