Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an

273 Pages·2002·1.42 MB·english

by  Asma Barlas

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Copyright © 2002 by the University of Texas Press
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
First edition, 2002
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Barlas, Asma.
“Believing Women” in Islam: unreading patriarchal interpretations of
the Quran / by Asma Barlas.— 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-292-70903-X (cloth : alk. paper) —
ISBN 0-292-70904-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Women in Islam 2. Women in the Koran 3. Women’s
rights—religious aspects—Islam I. Title.
BP173.4 .B35 2002
297.1’2283054 — dc21 2001048062
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6 . TheQur’a¯nandMuslimWomen:
ReadingPatriarchy,ReadingLiberation 
PartI
. TextsandTextualities:TheQur’ān,Tafsīr,andAhādith 
. Intertextualities,ExtratextualContexts:
TheSunnah,Sharī‘ah,andtheState 
PartII
. ThePatriarchalImaginaryofFather/s:
DivineOntologyandtheProphets 
. TheQur’a¯n,Sex/Gender,andSexuality:
Sameness,Difference,Equality 
. TheFamilyandMarriage:
RetrievingtheQur’ān’sEgalitarianism 
. Postscript 
Notes 
Glossary 
SelectBibliography 
Index 

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