Muslim
Feminism and Feminist Movement : Central Asia/edited by Abida Samiuddin and R.
Khanam. Delhi, Global Vision Pub., 2002, viii, 416 p., $55. ISBN
81-87746-34-3.
Muslim
Feminism and Feminist Movement : Central Asia/edited by Abida Samiuddin and R.
Khanam. Delhi, Global Vision Pub., 2002, viii, 416 p., $55. ISBN
81-87746-34-3.
Contents: Preface. I. Afghanistan: 1. Women’s emancipation in Afghanistan. 2. Women educating women in Afghan Refugee Camp. 3. Pakhtun women: conflicts of solidarity. 4. Gender politics in Iran and Afghanistan. II. Azerbaijan: 5. Islamic feminism and the soviet legacy of modernisation. 6. Womanhood, manhood and Azerbaijani nation-building. III. Kazakstan: 7. The construction of gender roles in Kazak society. IV. Soviet Central Asia: 8. Muslim feminism and Islamic controlled behaviour in Soviet Central Asia. 9. Feminist movement and economic reforms in Soviet Central Asia. 10. Muslim feminism and nationalism: Crimea, middle Volga and Caucasus. V. Tajikistan: 11. Tajikistani feminist ideology: Islam and socialism. 12. The movement for feminist identity in Post-Soviet Tajikistan. VI. Uzbekistan: 13. Uzbek women and the formation of national identity. 14. Women’s emancipation movement in Uzbekistan. 15. Transitional phase of Uzbekistani women: media survey. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.
"The sole objective of this book "Muslim Feminism and Feminist Movement in Central Asia" is to conduct an in-depth study of the origin and development of Muslim feminism and feminist movement in Central Asian countries—Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakstan, Soviet Central Asia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Here, we have presented 15 important articles contributed by eminent scholars. The concept of feminism in Islam is of recent development. All these articles basically deal with the nature and motivation of feminist movement and its impact on the socio-political and legal reforms in family law and the status of Central Asian women." (jacket)