Inscribing South Asian Muslim women : an annotated bibliography & research guide / / by Tahera Aftab.

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East, v. 91
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Aftab, Tahera.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 91. Bd.
• Physical Description: xl, 616 p.
• Notes: Includes indexes.

Table of Contents

Selected sources for the study of South Asian Muslim women -- Muslim women in the history of South Asia -- Islamic traditions, Muslim women and the reform movement -- Pardah : Muslim women in/out of seclusion -- Religious practices -- In search of their identity : Muslim women setting new goals -- Women, nationalism and religion -- Muslim women's movements in South Asia -- The life cycle of South Asian Muslim women -- Women's rights to inherit property -- Education of South Asian Muslim women -- South Asian Muslim women's health -- Perspectives on South Asian women's development -- The arts and design -- Challanges, threats, and the responses of woman -- Feminism, new scholarship and new toods for development.