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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
Sociology of Islam – Brill
Published: Jun 10, 2014
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