ANTH 8888 - Women,Islam,and Modernity

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California Institute of Integral Studies

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Description:

This course examines how women in predominantly Muslim societies of South Asia and the Middle East encounter Islamization, modernization, development, and democracy. How do Muslim women and Muslim-ness differ within a variety of temporalities and locations What are the meanings of citizenship How do the state, women's groups, Western donors, and militant Islam face off in the struggle for full citizenship rights for women What are the continuities and discontinuities between the colonial past and the postcolonial present This course explores how reformist women's movements are transformed under the pressures of economic globalization and neoliberal state policies, and the ways in which we can conceptualize the emergent links between local groups and transnational advocacy networks.

Credits:

2.00 - 3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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