Women, Islamisms and the State Contemporary Feminisms in Egypt [Paperback]

The book provides theoretical insight and analysis of the power relations between women's activism, Islamist thought and praxis, and the Egyptian state (1970s to 1990s). Contemporary feminist debates among women's NGOs are examined, and the different perceptions of gender roles among Islamist men and women are presented and contrasted. Three feminist streams are identified as both shaping and being shaped by, the dynamics of interaction between political Islam and state regimes.Acknowledgements - Glossary - List of Abbreviations - Background and Theoretical Considerations - Living Fieldwork, Writing Ethnography - The State and Islamists - Islamisms and the Seeds of Disciplinary Power - Women Activists and Women's Organizations - Current Debates on Women's Legal Rights - Islamism and Gender: Male Perspectives - Islamisms and Gender: Three Generations of Women's Perspectives - Feminisms, Islamisms and the State: or the Power of Feminisms - Bibliography - IndexAZZA M. KARAM