Women claim Islam : creating Islamic feminism through literature / Miriam Cooke.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cooke, Miriam
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge , 2001.
Subjects:	Muslim women > Arab countries > History > 20th century. Muslim women > Arab countries > Intellectual life > 20th century. Feminism > Arab countries > History > 20th century. Feminism in literature.

Table of Contents:

Arab women's literary history. Critical response ; The Gulf War story ; Gendering the Gulf War story ; The Iraqi version ; Migrating stories ; Conclusion
In search of mother tongues. Assia Djebar's prisonhouse ; Albert Memmi's struggles with his mother ; Abdelkebir Khatibi's bi-langue ; Jacques Derrida : "Le petit juif français d'Algérie" ; Conclusion
Reviewing beginnings. Islamic feminism ; Assia Djebar ; Fatima Mernissi ; Nawal El Saadawi ; Conclusion
A Muslim sister. Zaynab al-Ghazali's Muslim Ladies' Association ; Survival in hell ; Signs taken for wonders ; An Islamic feminist mission ; Conclusion
Multiple critique. Critical networking ; Imageness ; The weight of the veil ; Conclusion
Changing the subject. Academic politics.

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