Women's Islam: Religious Practice Among Women in Today's Iran / Edition 1

by Zahra Kamalkhani

Overview

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780710305992
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/07/1998
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 Female religious meeting: rowzeh-e zananeh 3 Ritual exchanges and morality 4 The female preacher 5 The concept of martyrs and its symbolic application 6 The passage of the dead 7 Women making the pilgrimage 8 Reproduction of the Islamic social order and disorder 9 Hejab: Islamic modesty and veiling 10 Family management in the context of change 11 Conclusion: Women, Islam, and ritual