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OverviewThis pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates, ambitiously surveying Islamic discourse on women from Arabia during the period in which Islam was founded to Iraq during the classical age to Egypt during the modern era. The book is now reissued as a Veritas paperback, with a new foreword by Kecia Ali situating the text in its scholarly context and explaining its enduring influence. “Ahmed’s book is a serious and independent-minded analysis of its subject, the best-informed, most sympathetic and reliable one that exists today.”—Edward W. Said “Destined to become a classic. . . . It gives [Muslim women] back our rightful place, at the center of our histories.”—Rana Kabbani, The Guardian Full Product DetailsAuthor: Leila Ahmed , Kecia AliPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780300257311ISBN 10: 0300257317 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 11 May 2021 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAmbitious and field-defining, Leila Ahmed's Women and Gender in Islam laid the foundations for decades of scholarship on Muslim history and thought. -Kecia Ali, Boston University """Ambitious and field-defining, Leila Ahmed’s Women and Gender in Islam laid the foundations for decades of scholarship on Muslim history and thought.""—Kecia Ali, Boston University" Author InformationLeila Ahmed is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. Her most recent book, A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America, won the Grawemeyer Award in Religion for 2012. Kecia Ali is a professor of religion at Boston University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |