HIST 871 - Women & Islam:Hist Perspective

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Trinity College

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By restricting education and employment for females, the current Taliban leaders of Afghanistan have focussed world attention on issues of women's rights in the Islamic world. But Taliban policies are not representative of Islamic societies today, and have evolved in the distinctive historical context of modern Afghanistan. Taking this contemporary issue as a starting point, we will look at the diverse experiences of Muslim women across the centuries, focussing primarily on the Middle East. We will examine the ways in which Islamic laws and practices have sometimes liberated and sometimes restricted women in different times and places, beginning in the early Islamic period (c. 600-1000 AD). In the modern era (c. 1800-present), we will consider the changing roles of women and their rights and responsibilities, in familial, political, and economic affairs. We will also study Middle Eastern feminist movements. Two questions will recur: first, is there a unifying framework for gender relations in Islamic societies, past and present, or is there too much diversity to generalize Second, how variable is feminism by culture, and are there distinctive Middle Eastern or Islamic feminisms 1.00 units, Seminar

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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