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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-12 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Frequent reports of honor killings, disfigurement, and sensational abuse have given rise to a consensus in the West, a message propagated by human rights groups
Do Muslim Women Need Saving?
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Authors: Lila Abu-Lughod
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-12 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Do Muslim Women Need Saving? is an indictment of a mindset that has justified all manner of foreign interference, including military invasion, in the name of re
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-30 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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Gender relations in Muslim-majority countries have been subject to intense debate in recent decades. In some cases, Muslim women have fought for and won new rig
Dramas of Nationhood
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The Fantasy of Feminist History
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In The Fantasy of Feminist History, Joan Wallach Scott argues that feminist perspectives on history are enriched by psychoanalytic concepts, particularly fantas