The Resource Nine parts of desire : the hidden world of Islamic women, Geraldine Brooks
Nine parts of desire : the hidden world of Islamic women, Geraldine Brooks
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- Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women is the story of Brook's intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. In fundamentalist Iran, Brooks finagles an invitation to tea with the ayatollah's widow - and discovers that Mrs. Khomeini dyes her hair. In Saudi Arabia, she eludes the severe segregation of the sexes and attends a bacchanal, laying bare the hypocrisy of this austere, male-dominated society. In war-torn Ethiopia, she watches as a female gynecologist repairs women who have undergone genital mutilation justified by a distorted interpretation of Islam. In villages and capitals throughout the Middle East, she finds that a feminism of sorts has flowered under the forbidding shroud of the chador as she makes other startling discoveries that defy our stereotypes about the Muslim world
- Nine Parts of Desire is much more than a captivating work of firsthand reportage; it is also an acute analysis of the world's fastest-growing religion, deftly illustrating how Islam's holiest texts have been misused to justify the repression of women. It was, after all, the Shiite leader Ali who proclaimed that "God created sexual desire in ten parts, then gave nine parts to women."
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (255 pages)
- Label
- Nine parts of desire : the hidden world of Islamic women
- Title
- Nine parts of desire
- Title remainder
- the hidden world of Islamic women
- Statement of responsibility
- Geraldine Brooks
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women is the story of Brook's intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. In fundamentalist Iran, Brooks finagles an invitation to tea with the ayatollah's widow - and discovers that Mrs. Khomeini dyes her hair. In Saudi Arabia, she eludes the severe segregation of the sexes and attends a bacchanal, laying bare the hypocrisy of this austere, male-dominated society. In war-torn Ethiopia, she watches as a female gynecologist repairs women who have undergone genital mutilation justified by a distorted interpretation of Islam. In villages and capitals throughout the Middle East, she finds that a feminism of sorts has flowered under the forbidding shroud of the chador as she makes other startling discoveries that defy our stereotypes about the Muslim world
- Nine Parts of Desire is much more than a captivating work of firsthand reportage; it is also an acute analysis of the world's fastest-growing religion, deftly illustrating how Islam's holiest texts have been misused to justify the repression of women. It was, after all, the Shiite leader Ali who proclaimed that "God created sexual desire in ten parts, then gave nine parts to women."
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- Also issued online.
- Cataloging source
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- Brooks, Geraldine
- Dewey number
- 305.48/6971
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ1170
- LC item number
- .B76 1995
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Muslim women
- Muslim women
- Women in the Koran
- Women in the Hadith
- Vrouwen
- Islamieten
- Label
- Nine parts of desire : the hidden world of Islamic women, Geraldine Brooks
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-247) and index
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (255 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036802630
- Label
- Nine parts of desire : the hidden world of Islamic women, Geraldine Brooks
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-247) and index
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (255 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036802630
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