Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
Loading next page...
/lp/brill/mu-ammad-jam-l-bayhum-and-the-woman-question-C2TByOlTY5
References
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 0043-2539
- eISSN
- 1570-0607
- DOI
- 10.1163/15700607-0003A0003
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This article sheds light on Muḥammad Jamīl Bayhum’s (1887–1978) activities and vision, and his historiographical writings on women which have received little scholarly attention. In this respect it is not a comparative study of Bayhum’s interpretations or the historical reality of women’s lives but rather a re-assessment of Bayhum’s historical oeuvres, and his synthesis of women’s history. The article examines the ways in which Bayhum’s historical writings, which were part of his political and national vision, contributed to constructing a local Muslim and Arab historiography of women during the 20th century. It presents Bayhum as an advocate of women’s social and political rights, who favored the recognition of women as citizens (or their counterpart in modern Lebanese and Arab societies), both during the period of French colonialism and in the post-colonial era.
Journal
Die Welt des Islams – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2013
Keywords: Muḥammad Jamīl Bayhum; pro-feminist; woman question; nahḍa ; Mandate period; Muslim/Arab historiography; Nāzik al-ʿĀbid