Gulf women

Author(s)

• Sonbol, Amira El Azhary

Bibliographic Information

Gulf women

edited by Amira El-Azhary Sonbol

Bloomsbury, 2012

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-428) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This ground-breaking collection of fifteen essays provides a greater understanding of the history of the Gulf and the Arab world as well as the history of Muslim women. The result of a project aimed at finding sources and studying the history of women in the region, the articles are presented thematically and chronologically, starting with ancient history, and moving on to the medieval, early modern and contemporary periods. They present discourses regarding the life of women in early Islam, considering women's work and the diversity of jobs they performed as part of their economic contribution, the family, the legal system, and laws dealing with women and family from the pre-modern to the modern periods.

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Details

• NCID: BB10965682
• ISBN:
  • 9781780930435
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: x, 454 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women -- Persian Gulf -- History
  • LCSH : Women -- Arab countries -- History
  • LCSH : Women -- Persian Gulf -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Women -- Arab countries -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Muslim women -- Persian Gulf -- History
  • LCSH : Muslim women -- Arab countries -- History
  • LCSH : Muslim women -- Persian Gulf -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Muslim women -- Arab countries -- Social conditions