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Sexe, idéologie, Islam by Fatima Mernissi; traduit de l'américain par Diane Brower et Anne-Marie Pelletier is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Sexe, idéologie, Islam about?

"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."--Publisher's description.

Author

Fatima Mernissi; traduit de l'américain par Diane Brower et Anne-Marie Pelletier

Publisher

Éditions tierce

Published

1983

Language

FR

ISBN

9780470596128

Subjects

Sociology, Gender Studies, Social_sciences