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Do Muslim Women Need Saving , written by Lila Abu-Lughod

Do Muslim Women Need Saving , written by Lila Abu-Lughod (Cambridge, ma : Harvard University Press, 2013). Pp. 336. $35.00 cloth, isbn -13: 978-0674725164. Since its publication over a decade ago, Lila Abu-Lughod’s landmark essay, “Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?” has become part of the undergraduate canon at many universities. Yet the questions it raises remain not only vital; they remain unresolved. Do Muslim Women Need Saving? expands upon the original essay with more detailed critiques of Western popular discourse on Muslim women together with an analysis of recent Muslim feminist efforts in in Muslim majority countries. Like the essay, the book challenges the tendency to see Islam as the root of female oppression in Muslim societies, a view that is unfortunately widespread despite detailed analyses by scholars who show how economic underdevelopment, authoritarian governments, and patriarchal kinship patterns play more direct roles in structuring contemporary gender norms. More significantly, Abu-Lughod also shows how feminist initiatives emanating from Europe and the United States contain more than an echo of colonial campaigns that long depicted Muslim gender relations as backwards and in need of external reform. Indeed, Abu-Lughod is sharply critical of the role played by women’s rights rhetoric in justifying European and U.S. imperialism, whether in the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Sociology of Islam Brill

Do Muslim Women Need Saving , written by Lila Abu-Lughod

Sociology of Islam , Volume 2 (3-4): 358 – Jun 10, 2014

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Brill
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© 2015 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
Subject
Book Reviews
ISSN
2213-140X
eISSN
2213-1418
DOI
10.1163/22131418-00204017
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(Cambridge, ma : Harvard University Press, 2013). Pp. 336. $35.00 cloth, isbn -13: 978-0674725164. Since its publication over a decade ago, Lila Abu-Lughod’s landmark essay, “Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?” has become part of the undergraduate canon at many universities. Yet the questions it raises remain not only vital; they remain unresolved. Do Muslim Women Need Saving? expands upon the original essay with more detailed critiques of Western popular discourse on Muslim women together with an analysis of recent Muslim feminist efforts in in Muslim majority countries. Like the essay, the book challenges the tendency to see Islam as the root of female oppression in Muslim societies, a view that is unfortunately widespread despite detailed analyses by scholars who show how economic underdevelopment, authoritarian governments, and patriarchal kinship patterns play more direct roles in structuring contemporary gender norms. More significantly, Abu-Lughod also shows how feminist initiatives emanating from Europe and the United States contain more than an echo of colonial campaigns that long depicted Muslim gender relations as backwards and in need of external reform. Indeed, Abu-Lughod is sharply critical of the role played by women’s rights rhetoric in justifying European and U.S. imperialism, whether in the

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Published: Jun 10, 2014

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