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Women, Islamisms and the State

Contemporary Feminisms in Egypt

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  • © 1998

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  1. Azza M. Karam
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Background and Theoretical Considerations

    • Azza M. Karam
    Pages 1-31

  3. Living Fieldwork, Writing Ethnography

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    Pages 32-55

  4. The State and Islamists

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    Pages 56-79

  5. Islamisms and the Seeds of Disciplinary Power

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    Pages 80-100

  6. Feminist Voices and Women’s Organizations

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    Pages 101-139

  7. Current Debates on Women’s Legal Rights in Theory and Practice

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    Pages 140-175

  8. Islamism and Gender: Male Perspectives

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    Pages 176-205

  9. Gender and Islamism: Three Generations of Women’s Perspectives

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    Pages 206-232

  10. Conclusion: Feminism, Islamisms and the State. Or: The Power of Feminisms

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    Pages 233-251

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 252-284
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The book provides theoretical insight and analysis of the power relations between women's activism, Islamist thought and praxis, and the Egyptian state (1970s to 1990s). Contemporary feminist debates among women's NGOs are examined, and the different perceptions of gender roles among Islamist men and women are presented and contrasted. Three feminist streams are identified as both shaping and being shaped by, the dynamics of interaction between political Islam and state regimes.

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AZZA M. KARAM

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