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	Women's Rebellion and Islamic Memory

Chronicling ten years of research, this book presents a sustained analysis of the position of women in the world of contemporary Islam. The book first explores some of the concrete issues fundamental to the status of Muslim women, such as the production of statistics which mask women's contribution to the economies of Arab states. Mernissi also looks at a variety of demographics including education and literacy - she shows their importance not only for empowering women but also for improving their health. She analyses the role of the state in prescribing women's roles, activities and spheres and explores the insidious consequences of state-supported inequality - not only for women but for the creative and spiritual life of a culture. She goes on to look at the position of women in Islamic thought and history and the construction of femininity in the Muslim subconscious. She presents a sustained analysis of some of the Koranic formulations of gender, and demonstrates how very partisan the collective Islamic memory - of both history and theology - can be. Throughout, Mernissi argues that the emancipation of women is vital for the development of the Arab world. Quoted from the editor's site: Zed Books

	Die vergessene Macht Frauen im Wandel der islamischen Welt

The book, which appeared first in German, was due to an initiative of the Orlanda Frauenverlag team which selected and translated a collection of articles, initially written in either English or French.

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English (UK)

Women's Rebellion and Islamic Memory
Zed Books, 1996

German

(Original Edition)
Die vergessene Macht
Frauen im Wandel der islamischen Welt
Orlanda Frauenverlag, 1993
Fischer paperback, 1997

Indonesian

Pemberontakan Wanita!
Mizan, Bandung, 1998

Book Cover Pemberontakan Wanita

Japanese

Astral, Tokyo, 2003

Spanish

El Poder Olvidado
Icaria, Barcelona, 1996