She is presently professor of sociology at the university mohammed v in rabat, morocco. I really appreciated mernissis more scientific approach and it did a lot to make her claims more convincing. The moroccan writer and sociologist fatima mernissi, known for her pioneering work in the field of islamic feminism, has died. 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. New book jacintas miracle veil shows readers that first communion is not just about the dress. Beyond the veil is interesting book but and by but i mean but it suffers from numerous flaws. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
May 10, 2011 she grew up in fez and pursued higher studies in europe, after which she pursued islamic studies of women. Chapter 4 contains a fascinating and compelling critique of fatima. Out of the blue, blue for our lady, i maintain the whole story line flooded my mind and a book was born. Womens rebellion and islamic memory by fatima mernissi. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Mernissi explains in her book that early muslim scholars portrayed women as aggressive hunters who forced men, reduced to weak hunted victims, to control women by imposing requirements such as veiling, which confined women to the private space. She tries to demonstrate that there is a fundamental contradiction between islam as interpreted in official policy and equality between the sexes.
Basic, 1991 the question of the role of women in islamic political and economic ends. Jul, 2017 fatema mernissi is a moroccan feminist and sociologist who is renowned for her work on womens rights within islam. 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. Beyond the veil, revised edition by fatima mernissi, 9780253204233, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Beyond the veil, a comic by rick law beyond the veil the outer limits, a 1996 episode of the tv series the outer limitsbeyond the veil song, a 2014 song by lindsey stirling. Jacintas heart begins to be reoriented and she realizes how she has hurt her mother by her lack of gratitude and asks her. Tales of a harem girlhood, an insider s view of the daily restrictions of moroccan harem life. Mernissi broke down the ethnocentric stereotypes western society had developed towards islam, especially islamic women. Beyond the veil, examines islam from a feminist perspective and critiques traditional, male. Her work also touched on broader issues of human rights and democracy in the arab and muslim worlds. In 1975, fatima mernissis first book, beyond the veil, was published, and it was revolutionary.
Beyond the veil, a comic by rick law beyond the veil the outer limits, a 1996 episode of the tv series the outer limits beyond the veil song, a 2014 song by lindsey stirling. In this classic study, internationally renowned sociologist fatema mernissi argues that. Beyond the veil is the result of her doctoral research. Malefemale dynamics in modern muslim society 1975 mernissi has sought to reclaim the ideological. A fascinating book scotland on sunday 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. Although this revised version appeared quite a while ago 1987, the book still offers fascinating insights on how, in a patriarchalpolygynous context, the old doublestandard of male sexual license and female sexual confinement may backfiredespite religiousideological rationalizations. 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. An expanded and updated edition of this classic study includes a new introduction on muslim women and fundamentalism, in which fatima mernissi argues that. If you dont remember the word fitna after reading this book, theres something seriously wrong with you. Malefemale dynamics in a modern muslim society by fatima mernissi isbn. Her best known work, beyond the veil, examines islam from a feminist perspective and critiques traditional, male. A feminist interpretation of womens rights in islam, translated by mary jo lakeland new york. Jacintas miracle veil celebrates the story of fatima. Revised edition, addisonwesley isbn 02015232 this was the very first book i read of mernissi, a moroccan writer, who is not only very famous and wellpublished in the west for her open critism of islam, but also is cherished and welcomed by many progressive muslims all over the world.
Read online search for existence in fatima mernissi s an. 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. The fifth chapter offers a positive theory of the veil, and finally, the conclusion brings together the many issues covered, and ends by proposing that mutual respect must govern debates surround ing the practice of veiling. Beyond the veil, examines islam from a feminist perspective and critiques traditional, maledominated interpretations. This article focuses on fatima mernissis, and amina waduds views of feminism from the eastern perspective. 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. 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. A feminist interpretation of womens rights in islam reprint by mernissi, fatima isbn. Abstract this paper seeks to evaluate missiological approaches to muslim women in the light of the analysis of moroccan islamic feminist, fatima mernissi. She grew up in fez and pursued higher studies in europe. In beyond the veil, fatima mernissi argues that the islamic view of women as active sexual beings resulted in stricter regulation and. Beyond the veil by fatima mernissi overdrive rakuten. Malefemale dynamics in modern muslim society revised edition.
In this classic study, fatema mernissi argues that many muslim scholars. Dreams of trespass is a tale of mernissis harem life from age 5 to 10. These two wellknown writers and thinkers believe that muslim women suffer due to the patriarchal system and male leading figures misinterpreting the sacred texts in muslim countries. Although the first edition of the book was published in 1975, beyond the veil seems much more like a modern sociological text.
Fatima mernissi 1940 also transliterated as fatema mernissi moroccan nonfiction writer, memoirist, and editor. Dreams of trespass by fatima mernissi harvard university. 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. Chronicling ten years of research, this book presents a sustained analysis of the position of women in the world of contemporary islam. Apr 18, 2017 soon i was putting a first communion dress and veil on her. Malefemale dynamics in modern muslim society 9780253204233. Live at the bobby jones gospel explosion xiii, an album by daryl coley. Born in fez to a middleclass family, mernissi studied at the mohammed v from the writing of her first book, beyond the veil. One of the most important feminist thinkers, fatima mernissi here makes a major contribution to the theorisation of gender roles and sexual identity in. For fatima mernissi, a woman who says nothing is a veiled woman.
Beyond the veil, revised edition indiana university press. The following entry presents an overview of mernissi s career through 2001. In remembrance of one of feminisms trailblazing scholars who challenged muslim orthodoxy by placing women at the centre of her enquiry. Malefemale dynamics in modern muslim society inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. Fatema mernissi is a moroccan feminist and sociologist who is renowned for her work on womens rights within islam. The veil, real or imagined because the unveiled woman is often. Dreams of trespass is a tale of mernissi s harem life from age 5 to 10. She distinguished islamic women from the homogenized group of third world women that western feminism had created.
A moroccan, she was born in 1940 into a middleclass home in fez, exactly. 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. A feminist interpretation of womens rights in islam. The christian perspective on womens status and role in islamic societies is. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. The missiological implications of the islamic feminism of. The missiological implications of the islamic feminism of fatima mernissi author. 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. This included the public life has provoked debate both within and without. If a reader were to select only one book in order to gain insight into womens. 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.
Beyond the veil catalogue home national library of australia. The following entry presents an overview of mernissis career through 2001. Even with some historical and islamic inaccuracies for instance, many hadiths prophetic traditions quoted by mernissi have been outruled as inauthentic by contemporary islamic scholars, thus invalidating many of her arguments and theories, i found this book to be very interesting, and it sheds light though indirectly, and perhaps unintentionally on moroccan history and culture. Mernissi s works have been translated into thirty languages. The veil and the male elite is a tricky book to rate, since i am definitely not its target audience. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. 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, a moroccan sociologist whose books include beyond the veil, islam and democracy and dreams of trespass, died in morocco on. Fatima mernissi brings a radically different background to the task of giving women a voice in doing daily battle. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the header. 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. Beyond the veil by fatema mernissi, 9780863564123, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Then the thought occurred to me, this could be a nice cover for a childrens book. Fatema mernissi 19402015 was a leading advocate for womens rights in the muslim world. Mernissis discourse on the veil, which has unsurprisingly been welcomed. Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in the veil and the male elite, moroccan feminist fatima mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the first islamic community. She critically examines the classical corpus of religiousjuristic texts, including the hadith, and reinterprets them from a feminist perspective. Fatima was born and raised in fez in a harem that belonged to her affluent paternal grandmother and comprised two. A feminist interpretation of womens rights in islam fatima mernissi, mary jo lakeland on. In 1975, fatima mernissi s first book, beyond the veil, was published, and it was revolutionary. 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. The headscarf itself did not matter, but silence was the true veil.
Publication date 1987 topics muslim women, women publisher. It was published by the indiana university press in bloomington and indianapolis in 1987. First, the author doesnt even pretend she writes a serious, matteroffact work and her opinions are all too obvious. Contemporary muslim womens reveiling movement, in the american journal of islamic social sciences 17, 3, fall 2000. Malefemale dynamics in a muslim society mernissi, fatema on.
Sexual inequality is a prominent feature of both western and islamic societies, but underlying concepts of female sexuality in christian and muslim traditions are very different, and the pattern of heterosexual relation in muslim countries is probably unique. In 2003, she was awarded the prince of asturias award for literature along with susan sontag. Publication date 1987 topics muslim women, women publisher bloomington. From the writing of her first book, beyond the veil. Beyond the veil by fatema mernissi english news portal. Theres no record of it in the hadith, she said, it might even be counted as a sin on judgment day. First, the author doesnt even pretend she writes a serious, matterof. Beyond the veil, a video radio series hosted by chris and sheree geo.
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