Theorizing the politics of ‘islamic feminism’

Feminist Review

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 124-146

  Mojab, Shahrzad ^a  

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Author keywords

Islamic feminism; Legalism; Theocracy and femin ism; Universalism and particularism; Western feminist theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035541530     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01417780110070157     Document Type: Article

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