Women in Islamic societies : social attitudes and historical perspectives / edited by Bo Utas.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: The attitude of Islamic fundamentalism towards the question of women in Islam / Jan Hjärpe -- Women after death : aspects of a study on Iranian nomadic cemeteries / Inge Demant Mortensen -- Mother, sister, daughter, wife : the pillars of the traditional Albanian patriarchal society / Berit Backer -- Muslim women in the periphery : the West African sahel / Mette Bovin -- Conflicts of solidarity in Pakhtun women's lives / Inger W. Boesen -- Women in Malaysia : economic autonomy, ritual segregation and some future possibilities / Ingrid Rudie -- The matrifocal warp of Bonerate culture / Harald Beyer Broch -- Islam and Adat : some recent changes in the social position of women among Sasak in Lombok / Sven Cederroth -- Oppressive and liberating elements in the situation of Palestinian women / Birgitte Rahbek Pedersen -- Women's roles in contemporary Algeria : tradition and modernism / Inger Rezig -- The influence of socialization and formal education on the position of Turkish women / Lotte Bøggild Mortensen -- Women left behind : a case study of some effects on Turkish emigration / Ulla-Britt Engelbrektsson -- Women mystics in Islam / Emine Gürsoy-Naskali -- Women in the prophet's family as they feature in popular bazaar literature / Esko Naskali.

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