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Women, Islam and the State

Women, Islam and the State REVIEWS their different trajectories, have con­ Women, Islam and the structed their notions of citizenship State and social order. Women are not just Edited by Deniz Kandiyoti the biological reproducers of the next Macmillan: London 1991, generation of citizens, or even just ISBN 0 333 52695 3, £35 Hbk their cultural reproducers: they ISBN 0 333 52696 1, £14.99 Pbk often symbolize the 'spirit' of the people, and in Muslim societies, Many of us have waited for the publi­ their collective 'honour'. As Kan­ cation of this book since the initial diyoti points out, the 'woman ques­ conference Deniz Kandiyoti organ­ tion' has been the terrain of hot ized in 1987 at which the first drafts ideological contests. The 'liberation' of some of the papers in the book of women was used as a symbol of were presented. In the post-Rushdie­ progressive secular elites, while affair, post-Gulf-War atmosphere, women's adherence to a strict Mus­ the appearance of this book is doubly lim code of behaviour has been seen as an expression of cultural 'anti­ welcome. As the introduction makes clear, imperialist' authenticity. The differ­ the treatment of Islam- as well as of ent papers in the book look at http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Feminist Review SAGE

Women, Islam and the State

Yuval-Davis, Nira
Feminist Review , Volume 42 (1): 3 – Nov 1, 1992
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© 1992 Feminist Review
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0141-7789
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10.1057/fr.1992.51
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REVIEWS their different trajectories, have con­ Women, Islam and the structed their notions of citizenship State and social order. Women are not just Edited by Deniz Kandiyoti the biological reproducers of the next Macmillan: London 1991, generation of citizens, or even just ISBN 0 333 52695 3, £35 Hbk their cultural reproducers: they ISBN 0 333 52696 1, £14.99 Pbk often symbolize the 'spirit' of the people, and in Muslim societies, Many of us have waited for the publi­ their collective 'honour'. As Kan­ cation of this book since the initial diyoti points out, the 'woman ques­ conference Deniz Kandiyoti organ­ tion' has been the terrain of hot ized in 1987 at which the first drafts ideological contests. The 'liberation' of some of the papers in the book of women was used as a symbol of were presented. In the post-Rushdie­ progressive secular elites, while affair, post-Gulf-War atmosphere, women's adherence to a strict Mus­ the appearance of this book is doubly lim code of behaviour has been seen as an expression of cultural 'anti­ welcome. As the introduction makes clear, imperialist' authenticity. The differ­ the treatment of Islam- as well as of ent papers in the book look at

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Published: Nov 1, 1992

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