Gendered Islam and modernity in the nation-space: Women's modernism in the Jamaat-e-Islami of Pakistan

Feminist Review

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-28

  Jamal, Amina ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Islam versus modernity; Islamism; Islamist women; Jamaat e Islami; Modernity versus tradition; Political Islam

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449110515     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/fr.2008.43     Document Type: Review

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