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Interpreting Islam, Modernity, and Women's Rights in Pakistan

Interpreting Islam, Modernity, and Women's Rights in Pakistan

Weiss, A.

Hardcover

AnthropologySocial MovementsWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1137388994
ISBN13: 9781137388995
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Oct 2 2014
Pages: 193
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
In Pakistan, myriad constituencies are grappling with reinterpreting women's rights. This book analyzes the Government of Pakistan's construction of an understanding of what constitutes women's rights, moves on to address traditional views and contemporary popular opinion on women's rights, and then focuses on three very different groups' perceptions of women's rights: progressive women's organizations as represented by the Aurat Foundation and Shirkat Gah; orthodox Islamist views as represented by the Jama'at-i-Islami, the MMA government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2002-08) and al-Huda; and the Swat Taliban. Author Anita M. Weiss analyzes the resultant culture wars that are visibly ripping the country apart, as groups talk past one another - each confidant that they are the proprietors of culture and interpreters of religion while others are misrepresenting it.

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