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Contribution to Book
Governance Feminism’s Imperial Misadventure: Progress International Law, and the Security of Afghan Women
Faculty Books
  • Cyra Akila Choudhury, Florida International University College of Law
Excerpt

Contesting Feminisms explores how Asian Muslim women make decisions on appropriating Islam and Islamic lifestyles through their own participation in the faith. The contributors highlight the fact that secularism has provided the space for some women to reclaim their religious identity and their own feminisms. Through compelling case studies and theoretical discussions, this volume challenges mainstream Western and national feminisms that presume homogeneity of Muslim women’s lives to provide a deeper understanding of the multiple realities of feminism in Muslim communities.

ISBN
9781438457932
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Publisher
SUNY Press
Keywords
  • Asian Studies,
  • Feminist,
  • Gender Studies,
  • India and South Asian Studies,
  • Islam,
  • Religion,
  • Women's Studies,
  • Women in Religion
Citation Information

Cyra A. Choudhury, Governance Feminism’s Imperial Misadventure: Progress International Law, and the Security of Afghan Women, in CONTESTING FEMINISMS: GENDER AND ISLAM IN ASIA loc. chapter 10 (Huma Ahmed-Ghosh edt., 2015) (ebook).