Perceptions of Self, Power, & Gender Among Muslim Women

Narratives from a Rural Community in Bangladesh

Sarwar Alam (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XVII, 288 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-73790-4 (ISBN)

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This book analyzes perceptions of self, power, agency, and gender of Muslim women in a rural community of Bangladesh. Rural women's limited power and agency has been subsumed within the male dominated Islamic discourses on gender. However, many Muslim women have their own alternative discourses surrounding power and agency. Sarwar Alam intertwines an exploration of these power dynamics with reading of the Qur'an and Hadith, and analyzes how Muslim women's perception of power and gender are linked to their relationship with religion.

Sarwar Alam is a lecturer at the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies of the University of Arkansas, USA.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Geography and Demography.- Chapter 3: Self, Identity, and Individuality.- Chapter 4: Women's Perceptions of Agency and Power.- Chapter 5: Sources of Power and Agency.- Chapter 6: Barriers to Women's Power and Agency.- Chapter 7: Construction of Gender and Gender Ideology.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.03.2018
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 288 p. 5 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	Bangladesh • female empowerment • Islam • Muslim women • Religion and Gender • women in southeast asia
ISBN-10	3-319-73790-2 / 3319737902
ISBN-13	978-3-319-73790-4 / 9783319737904
Zustand	Neuware