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“firdous azim”

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  • Unveiling Desire

    Fallen Women in Literature, Culture, and Films of the East

    by Devaleena Das, Colette Morrow, Firdous Azim, Paramita Halder, Hafiza Nilofar Khan, Amrit Gangar, Naina Dey, Louis Betty0, Lavinia Benedetti1, Tomoko Kuribayashi2, Meenakshi Malhotra3, Chandrani Biswas4, Radha Chakravarty5, Feroza Jussawalla6, Kuhu Sharma Chanana7 ...
    In Unveiling Desire, Devaleena Das and Colette Morrow show that the duality of the fallen/saved woman is as prevalent in Eastern culture as it is in the West, specifically in literature and films. Using examples from the Middle to Far East, including Iran, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan, and China, this anthology challenges the fascination with Eastern women as passive, abject, or ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • Islam, Culture and Women in Asia

    Complex Terrains

    Edited by Firdous Azim ...
    An examination of the place of religion, especially Islam, in political and cultural life took on a special urgency after the events of 9/11. The essays in this volume concentrate on the way that Islam impacts on the everyday lives of people who reside in societies where Islam plays a large part. The relationship between Islam and women has always been seen as problematic, and by highlighting ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • The Colonial Rise of the Novel

    by Firdous Azim ...
    In this challening book, Firdous Azim, provides a feminist critique of orthodox accounts of the `rise of the novel' and exposes the underlying orientalist assumptions of the early English novel. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the universality of the coherent and consistent subject which found expression in the novels of the eighteenth century, Azim demonstrtes how certain categories: ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Western Muslims and the Future of Islam

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    In a Western world suddenly acutely interested in Islam one question has been repeatedly heard above the din: where are the Muslim reformers? With this ambitious volume Tariq Ramadan firmly establishes himself as one of Europe's leading thinkers and one of Islam's most innovative and important voices. As the number of Muslims living in the West grows the question of what it means to be a Western ... Read more

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  • A New Anthropology of Islam

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    In this powerful, but accessible new study, John Bowen draws on a full range of work in social anthropology to present Islam in ways that emphasise its constitutive practices, from praying and learning to judging and political organising. Starting at the heart of Islam - revelation and learning in Arabic lands - Bowen shows how Muslims have adapted Islamic texts and traditions to ideas and ... Read more

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    Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon

    by Lara Deeb ...
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  • The Relevance of Islamic Identity in Canada

    Culture, Politics, and Self

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    Gender and Conversion in the West

    Edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk ...
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