Gender and economics in Muslim communities : critical feminist and postcolonial analyses
Material type: TextPublication details: London Routledge 2018Description: 317pISBN: 9780415783873Subject(s): Muslim women--Economic conditions Muslim women--Social conditionsDDC classification: 305.48697 Summary: Bringing together feminist analyses of economic processes and outcomes with feminist critiques of Orientalism, this book examines the diverse economic realities facing women in a range of Muslim communities. This approach pays special attention to the role of Islam in economic analyses of gender equality and women’s well-being in Muslim communities, while at the same time challenging biased and inaccurate accounts that essentialize Islam. Nuanced case studies conducted in Bangladesh, Iran, Israel, Nigeria, and Turkey illustrate the historical and institutional diversity of Muslim communities and draw vivid pictures of the everyday economic lives of Muslim women in these communities. These studies are complemented by quantitative analyses that extend beyond inserting Islam as a dummy variable. The contributions represent a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, gender studies, political science, psychology, and sociology. By placing critiques of Orientalist scholarship in direct dialogue with scholarship on economic development in Muslim contexts, this diverse collection illustrates how different methods and frameworks can work together to provide a better understanding of gender equality and women’s well-being in Muslim contexts. In doing so, the authors aim to facilitate conversations among feminist scholars across disciplines in order to provide a more nuanced picture of the situation facing women in Muslim communities. This book was originally published as a special issue of Feminist Economics.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BK | Kannur University Central Library Stack | 305.48697 GEN (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 51736 |
Browsing Kannur University Central Library shelves, Shelving location: Stack Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
No cover image available No cover image available | ||||||||
305.4332095483 RAM/R Role of local governments in the empowerment of women in kerala | 305.43610695 KAV/L Lady Doctors; The untold stories of India's First Women in Medicine | 305.48412 MIG Migration, gender and care economy | 305.48697 GEN Gender and economics in Muslim communities : critical feminist and postcolonial analyses | 305.48697054 NIG/A Alternative realities :love in the lives of Muslim women | 305.486970954 GHA/M Muslim women speak : of dreams and shackles | 305.486970954 MCN/A Muslim women speak : |
Bringing together feminist analyses of economic processes and outcomes with feminist critiques of Orientalism, this book examines the diverse economic realities facing women in a range of Muslim communities. This approach pays special attention to the role of Islam in economic analyses of gender equality and women’s well-being in Muslim communities, while at the same time challenging biased and inaccurate accounts that essentialize Islam.
Nuanced case studies conducted in Bangladesh, Iran, Israel, Nigeria, and Turkey illustrate the historical and institutional diversity of Muslim communities and draw vivid pictures of the everyday economic lives of Muslim women in these communities. These studies are complemented by quantitative analyses that extend beyond inserting Islam as a dummy variable. The contributions represent a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, gender studies, political science, psychology, and sociology.
By placing critiques of Orientalist scholarship in direct dialogue with scholarship on economic development in Muslim contexts, this diverse collection illustrates how different methods and frameworks can work together to provide a better understanding of gender equality and women’s well-being in Muslim contexts. In doing so, the authors aim to facilitate conversations among feminist scholars across disciplines in order to provide a more nuanced picture of the situation facing women in Muslim communities.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Feminist Economics.
There are no comments on this title.