Overview
Through networking and globalized modes of interaction and communication, women's organizations in Muslim countries negotiate global development concepts such as human rights and gender equality, thereby differentiating and reconstructing local visions of muslim society and popularizing new gender concepts. This comparative study highlights the diversity of Islamic identities and Muslim women's concepts of development, particularly regarding gender constructs.
- | Author: Gudrun Lachenmann
- | Publisher: Lexington Books
- | Publication Date: Feb 16, 2010
- | Number of Pages: 270 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0739126202
- | ISBN-13: 9780739126202
