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Author Shehabuddin, Elora.

Title Reshaping the holy : democracy, development, and Muslim women in Bangladesh / Elora Shehabuddin.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages :) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-270) and index.
Contents List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Gender, Islam, and Politics in Bangladesh; 2. Gender and Social Reform; 3. ""A Little Money for Tea"": Rural Women's Encounters with the State; 4. Contesting Development: Between Islamist and Secularist Perspectives; 5. Democracy on the Ground; 6. Beyond Muslim Motherhood; Coda; Notes; Works Cited; Index.
Summary Through extensive field research, Elora Shehabuddin explores the profound implications of women's political and social mobilization for reshaping Islam. Specifically, she examines the lives of Muslim women in Bangladesh who have become increasingly mobilized by the activities of predominantly secular NGOs, yet who desire to retain, reclaim, and reshape-rather than reject-their faith. In their employment and in their interactions with the legal system, the state, NGOs, and political and religious groups, women are changing state practices, views of women in the public sphere, and the natur.
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Subject Muslim women -- Bangladesh -- Social conditions.
Muslim women.
Bangladesh.
Social conditions.
Muslim women -- Bangladesh -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Women in Islam -- Bangladesh.
Women in Islam.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Shehabuddin, Elora. Reshaping the Holy : Democracy, Development, and Muslim Women in Bangladesh. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008 9780231141574
ISBN 9780231512558 (electronic book)
0231512554 (electronic book)
0231141564 (alkaline paper)
0231141572 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780231141567 (alkaline paper)
9780231141574 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
Music No. EB00639585 Recorded Books