1st Edition
Islamic Feminism Discourses on Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Islam
By Lana Sirri
Copyright 2021
142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book sets out a rationale for the compatibility of Islam and Feminism and shows that Islamic Feminism is a diverse and valuable lens through which to analyse religion and gender. In addition, including scholarship written in Arabic, it promotes the decolonisation of knowledge production around Islam, gender and sexuality.
Islamic feminism is a field of study that has been marginalised... Read more
Introduction
1 Religion as a Site of Knowledge Production
2 What is Islamic and What is Feminist about Islamic Feminism
3 In the Footsteps of Islamic Feminists
4 Conceptualising Islam, Gender and Sexuality through Practices and Performances of Marriage in Islam
5 Conceptualising Gender, Sexuality and Islam through Homoerotic Practices and Performances in Islam
6 Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Lana Sirri is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
