The Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject (The Macat Library)

by Jessica Johnson (Author), Ian Fairweather (Contributor)

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  Paperback
  2017

  $10.70

  In this original and controversial 2005 book, Mahmood argues that Muslim women can show independence even while assuming traditional Islamic roles. Her research suggests that, in choosing to embrace the norms of their faith, these pious Muslims are not limiting, but rather affirming, themselves.