Women in Shi'ism : : Ancient Stories, Modern Ideologies / / Amina Inloes.

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• VerfasserIn: Inloes, Amina,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 p.)

What is the nature and social role of women? In today's Shi'ism, these questions are often answered through the "separate-but- equal" ideology which emphasizes the role of women as wives and mothers, and places men in authority. But is this the only ideology which can be derived from Shi'i scriptural sources? This book takes a more nuanced approach to that question by exploring how women are portrayed in hadith on ancient sacred narrative - the stories of the prophets. It shows far more diverse views on what it means to be a woman (and, by extension, a man) - and that early Shi'is held competing views about ideals for women.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Past in the Present -- Chapter 2. Separate but Equal? Womanhood, Ideology, and Modernity -- Chapter 3. Eve: Creation Not-from-a-Rib? -- Chapter 4. Sarah And Hājar: Negotiating The Patriarchal Bargain -- Chapter 5. Gender Role-Reversals In The Story Of Zulakhā -- Chapter 6. The Queen Of Sheba In The Narrative Of Wilāyah -- Chapter 7. The Virgin Mary: The Female Is Not Like The Male? -- Chapter 8. The Portrayal Of Women In The Earliest Collection: Ḥadīth Collection Kitāb Sulaym Ibn Qays -- Chapter 9. The Future? -- Appendix A. Subtexts of Narrations and their Sources -- Appendix B. Pre-Islamic and Post-Prophetic Imagery and Subtexts -- Bibliography -- Index