Interpreting Islam, Modernity, and Women’s Rights in Pakistan - Couverture rigide

Weiss, A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1137388994 ISBN 13 : 9781137388995

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Synopsis

In Pakistan, myriad constituencies are grappling with reinterpreting women's rights. This book analyzes the Government of Pakistan's construction of an understanding of what constitutes women's rights, moves on to address traditional views and contemporary popular opinion on women's rights, and then focuses on three very different groups' perceptions of women's rights: progressive women's organizations as represented by the Aurat Foundation and Shirkat Gah; orthodox Islamist views as represented by the Jama'at-i-Islami, the MMA government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2002-08) and al-Huda; and the Swat Taliban. Author Anita M. Weiss analyzes the resultant "culture wars" that are visibly ripping the country apart, as groups talk past one another - each confidant that they are the proprietors of culture and interpreters of religion while others are misrepresenting it.

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À propos de l?auteur

Professor and Head, Department of International Studies, University of Oregon

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1137388994
• ISBN 13: 9781137388995
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 193
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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