Contesting Feminisms
(October 2015)
Gender and Islam in Asia Huma Ahmed-Ghosh - Editor
Creates a new space for hybrid feminist analysis of Asian Muslim women’s lives.
Contesting Feminisms explores how Asian Muslim women make decisions on appropriating Islam and Islamic lifestyles through their own participation in the faith. The contributors highlight the fact that secularism has provided the space for some women to reclaim their religious identity and their own feminisms. Through com...(Read More)
Asian Muslim Women
(October 2015)
Globalization and Local Realities Huma Ahmed-Ghosh - Editor
Presents multifaceted aspects of Asian Muslim women’s lives and agencies.
This book resists the homogenization of Muslim women by detailing the diversity in their lives and by challenging the dominant paradigm of Arabized Islam as the sole interpreter of the faith. Though much has been written on the Middle East, there is a huge gap in research on Asia, which has two-thirds of the world’s Musl...(Read More)
