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: Aftab, Tahera.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 91. Bd.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (656 p.)
• Notes: Includes indexes.

With its trans-historic and comprehensive annotated sources, this volume serves as a kaleidoscope through which the reader glimpses the shifting patterns of the private and the public lives of South Asian Muslim women.

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.