In beyond the veil, fatima mernissi argues such traditions as veiling and domestic isolation arose from a desire to control the potential threat posed to the social order by womens sexuality. Beyond the veil, revised edition indiana university press. Malefemale dynami in muslim society saqi essentials. Fatema mernissis most popular book is dreams of trespass. The veil and the male elite is a tricky book to rate, since i am definitely not its target audience. The topic of malefemale dynamics in muslim society is one of the main issues covered in the book, beyond the veil, by fatima mernissi. In 1975, fatima mernissis first book, beyond the veil, was published, and it was revolutionary. The point mernissi makes in the second paragraph seems particularly important to me. This included the public life has provoked debate both within and without. Basic, 1991 the question of the role of women in islamic political and economic ends. Mernissi broke down the ethnocentric stereotypes western society had developed towards islam, especially islamic women. When i was an undergraduate, two books were all the rage in the circles i moved in.
Beyond the veil by fatema mernissi english news portal. The missiological implications of the islamic feminism of fatima mernissi author. Fatima mernissi is currently considered a single author. She distinguished islamic women from the homogenized group of third world women that western feminism had created. In this classic study, internationally renowned soci. Mernissi s work explores the relationship between sexual ideology, gender identity, sociopolitical organization, and the status of women in islam. Fatema mernissi and islamic feminism literary theory and. Elizabeth fernea, the university of texas at austin if a reader were to select only one book in order to gain insight into womens status and prospects in islamic society, this study should be the one chosen for its clarity, honesty, depth of knowledge and thoughtprovoking qualities.
A feminist interpretation of womens rights in islam, translated by mary jo lakeland new york. Malefemale dynami in muslim society saqi essentials ebook. Blp primary sources moroccan literature list of writ. One of the most fascinating and instructive features of beyond the veil is the way ms mernissi approaches her subject, and the distinction she draws between sexual inequality in the west and in islam. Fatema mernissi 19402015 was a leading advocate for womens rights in the muslim world. If a reader were to select only one book in order to gain insight into womens status and prospects in islamic society, this study should be the one chosen for its clarity, honesty, viel of knowledge and thoughtprovoking qualities. Mernissi is one of the preeminent koranic scholars of our time, an outspoken feminist, and author of beyond the veil, islam and democracy, and dreams of trespass. Malefemale dynamics in modern muslim society in 1975, mernissi has sought to reclaim the ideological discourse on women and sexuality from the stranglehold of patriarchy. Read beyond the veil online, read in mobile or kindle. The following entry presents an overview of mernissi s career through 2001. Fatima mernissi beyond the veil pdf docgender justice, citizenship and development. In beyond the veil, fatima mernissi argues the early muslimahs were strong, powerful, independent women.
Male female dynamics in a modern muslim society, schenkman publicating co. What i appreciate about mernissi is her frank and clear declarations of her worldview and purpose in writing this book. Fatema mernissi is a moroccan feminist and sociologist who is renowned for her work on womens rights within islam. Books by fatema mernissi author of dreams of trespass. The headscarf itself did not matter, but silence was the true veil. In dreams of trespass, mernissi weaves her own memories with the dreams and memories of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her youthwomen who, deprived of access to the world outside, recreated it from sheer. Malefemale dynamics in a modern muslim society mernissi, fatima on. Beyond the veil, malefemale dynami in muslim society ebook by. Dreams of trespass is a tale of mernissi s harem life from age 5 to 10. An expanded and updated edition of this classic study includes a new introduction on muslim women and fundamentalism, in which fatima mernissi. Beyond the veil is the result of her doctoral research and was first published in 1975. In this book, fatima mernissi describes what it was like to grow up in the harem of a moroccan household during the 1940s and early 1950s. An expanded and updated edition of this classic study includes a new introduction on muslim women and fundamentalism, in which fatima mernissi argues that.
Fatima mernissi primary author only author division. And the veil challenging historical muslim women ij. From the writing of her first book, beyond the veil. In dreams of trespass, mernissi weaves her own memories with the dreams and memories of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her youth women who, without access to the world outside, recreated it from sheer imagination. Malefemale dynamics in modern muslim society 9780253204233. Jul, 2017 fatema mernissi is a moroccan feminist and sociologist who is renowned for her work on womens rights within islam. Fatema mernissi ebooks read ebooks online free ebooks. This title is certainly more descriptive than that of the french original, le harem politique, but it raises expectations which simply arent fulfilled.
Fear of the modern world, translated by mary jo lakeland, new york addisonwolsey publishing co. Tales of a harem girlhood, scheherazade goes west, the veil and the male elite, and beyond the. She is presently professor of sociology at the university mohammed v in rabat, morocco. An islamic feminist whose books have been published in twentysix countries, she is the bestselling author of dreams of trespass. Fatima mernissi 1940 also transliterated as fatema mernissi moroccan nonfiction writer, memoirist, and editor. Tales of a harem girlhood, an insider s view of the daily restrictions of moroccan harem life. A feminist interpretation of womens rights in islam.
Beyond the veil malefemale dynami in muslim society saqi essentials by fatima mernissi. Malefemale dynami in muslim society ebook written by fatima mernissi. One hopes for an analysis of the relationship between the custom wearing veils, and all that goes with it, and the male elite in muslim countries. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading beyond the veil. So begins fatima mernissi in this illuminating narrative of a childhood behind the iron gates of a domestic harem. Nprmernissi, a moroccan sociologist whose books include beyond the veil, islam and democracy and dreams of trespass, died in morocco on nov. Beyond the veil by fatima mernissi overdrive rakuten. Fatema mernissi teaches sociology at university mohammed v in rabat, morocco. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read beyond the veil. In this classic study, internationally renowned sociologist fatema mernissi argues that womens oppression is not due to islam because this religion celebrates. In beyond the veil, fatima mernissi argues that the islamic view of women as active sexual beings resulted in stricter regulation and control of womens sexuality.
Basic, 1991 the question of the role of women in islamic public life has provoked debate both within and without the community since the earliest days of the prophet. I believe that sexual inequality the basis of both systems the way women are treated in the muslim east and the. Malefemale dynami in muslim society saqi essentials series by fatima mernissi. Fatema mernissi is a professor of sociology at the university of mohammed v in rabat, morocco. In remembrance of one of feminisms trailblazing scholars who challenged muslim orthodoxy by placing women at the centre of her enquiry. In beyond the veil, fatima mernissi argues that the islamic view of women as regarded as a classic book in the united states, beyond the veil has never. Womens oppression, she maintains, is due to the political manipulation of religion by. Buy the ebook beyond the veil, malefemale dynami in muslim society by fatima mernissi online from australias leading online ebook store. Mernissi s works have been translated into thirty languages. She is the author of more than eight books, including dreams of trespass. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
I suppose i expected a feminist look at modern muslim culture, and this book is really more a theological look at womens rights and a historical look at how various verses of the koran that are used to justify antifeminist sentiments in muslim cultures came to be included. Beyond the veil ebook by fatima mernissi rakuten kobo. Click download or read online button to get beyond veil and holy war book now. She critically examines the classical corpus of religiousjuristic texts, including the hadith, and reinterprets them from a feminist perspective. She tries to demonstrate that there is a fundamental contradiction between islam as interpreted in official policy and equality between the sexes. Malefemale dynami in muslim society saqi essentials kindle edition by fatima mernissi. Womens oppression, she maintains, is due to the political manipulation of religion by powerseeking, archaic muslim male elites. The childs naive attempts to understand the meaning of the word harem lets us experience her moroccan family with fresh eyes, without the screen of western condemnation. Mernissi s first monograph, beyond the veil, was published in 1975. She describes a world in which the family employs a doorman to prevent the women from leaving the house without permission from their husbands, a world in which an extended family of four households all. In all of her many books, which she wrote in english and french and which have been translated into more than 30 languages, she attained a recognition far beyond the borders of morocco. Dreams of trespass by fatima mernissi harvard university. Beyond the veil fatima mernissi ebook 21 landmilhe.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Late again for novembers selection for a year of feminist classics. A revised edition was published in britain in 1985 and in the us in 1987. In this classic study, internationally renowned sociologist fatema mernissi argues that womens oppression is not due to islam as this religion in fact celebrates womens power. Read beyond the veil malefemale dynami in muslim society by fatima mernissi available from rakuten kobo.
Beyond the veil is the result of her doctoral research. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The missiological implications of the islamic feminism of. For fatima mernissi, a woman who says nothing is a veiled woman. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Mernissi covers a wide range of categories, all of which pertain to the female position in a muslim society. In beyond the veil, fatima mernissi argues that the islamic view of women as active sexual beings resulted in stricter regulation and control of womens sexuality, which muslim theorists classically regarded as a threat to civilized society. Born in fez to a middleclass family, mernissi studied at the mohammed v from the writing of her first book, beyond the veil. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
Tales of a harem girlhood, the veil and the male elite, and beyond the veil. Beyond veil and holy war download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. This is a remarkably accessible book, for the western reader who is interested in understanding or beginning to understand the dynamics of modern muslim society it is written from. Abstract this paper seeks to evaluate missiological approaches to muslim women in the light of the analysis of moroccan islamic feminist, fatima mernissi. Publication date 1987 topics muslim women, women publisher. So begins fatima mernissi in this exotic and rich narrative of a childhood behind the iron gates of a domestic harem.
Contemporary muslim womens reveiling movement, in the american journal of islamic social sciences 17, 3, fall 2000. Cambridge, massachusetts, 1975 2 fatema mernissi, islam and democracy. Fatema mernissi has 33 books on goodreads with 24290 ratings. Malefemale dynamics in modern muslim society revised ed 1st midland book ed by f mernissi isbn. Indiana university press, jan 1, 1987 social science 200. As it winds toward the end of the year, this does sometimes happen. Fatima mernissi is a true feminist, candid, articulate and persuasive. Discover book depositorys huge selection of fatima mernissi books online. Born in fez to a middleclass family, mernissi studied at the mohammed v university in rabat and later went to paris, where she worked briefly as a journalist. She doesnt hide her dispositions in convoluted abstractions. Malefemale dynamics in a muslim society fatema mernissi sexual inequality is a prominent feature of both western and islamic societies, but the underlying concepts of female sexuality in christian and muslim traditions are very different. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the.
The christian perspective on womens status and role in islamic societies is. Click download or read online button to get beyond the veil book now. Beyond the veil, revised edition by fatima mernissi, 9780253204233, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Informations about her books and articles, about her writing workshops and other civil society projects.
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