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Beyond The Veil
Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society
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Sexual inequality is a prominent feature of both Western and Islamic societies, but underlying concepts of female sexuality in Christian and Muslim traditions are very different, and the pattern of heterosexual relation in Muslim countries is probably unique.
In "Beyond the Veil" Fatima Mernissi argues that the Islamic view of women as active sexual beings resulted in stricter regulation and control of women's sexuality, which Muslim theorists classically regarded as a threat to civilized society. The requisites of modernization, however, are incompatible with traditional Muslim structures, and the ensuing contradictions now pervade nearly all Muslim countries.
Drawing on popular source materials, Mernissi explores the disorienting effects of modern life on male-female relations, looks at the male-female unit as a basic element of the structure of the Muslim system, and shows us the sexual dynamics of the Muslim world. Regarded as a classic book in the United States, Beyond the Veil has never been available in Britain. This revised and updated version finally fills that gap.
Quoted from the editor's site: Saki Books Publishers
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Beyond The Veil
Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society
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Arabic
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Al Jins Ka Handasa Ijtima'iya
Editions Le Fennec, Casablanca 1987
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Dutch
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Achter de sluier
Nijgh Van Ditmar, 1985
De Geus, reissued, 1994
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English (US)
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Beyond The Veil
Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society
Schenkmann, 1975
Revised edition: Indiana University Press, 1987
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English (UK)
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Beyond The Veil
Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society
Saki Books Publisher, London, 1985
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French (France)
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Sexe, Idéologie, Islam
Editions Tierce, Paris, 1983 - out of print
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French (Maghreb)
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Sexe, Idéologie, Islam
Editions Maghrébines, 1985
reissued by Le Fennec
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German
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Geschlecht, Ideologie, Islam
Frauenbuch, 1991 - out of print
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Spanish
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Sexo, ideología e Islam
Ed. del Oriente y del Mediterraneo, 1975
new edition, forthcoming
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Turkish
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Varlik, forthcoming
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