Muslim Identities - An Introduction to Islam Second Edition - Aaron W. Hughes
11. Gender and Construction of Muslim Women
Muslim Identities - An Introduction to Islam Second Edition - Aaron W. Hughes
Aaron W. Hughes [+]
University of Rochester
Aaron W. Hughes is the Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and the Philip S. Bernstein Professor in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester. His research and publications focus on both Jewish philosophy and Islamic Studies. He has authored numerous books, including Situating Islam: The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline (Equinox, 2007); Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction (Equinox, 2012); Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam (Columbia, 2012); and Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History (Oxford, 2012). He currently serves as the editor of the journal Method and Theory in the Study of Religion.
Description
No discussion of Islam is complete without a discussion of the role of gender. This chapter examines the construction of gender in Islam, exploring contested concepts such as the veil and veiling. It then moves onto a discussion of feminism (both Western and Islamic), before showcasing some important Muslim feminists.