Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women - Softcover

Brooks, Geraldine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385475772 ISBN 13: 9780385475778

Verlag: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1995

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Book by Brooks Geraldine

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Críticas:

"Frank, enraging, and captivating."
--The New Yorker

"Powerful and enlightening...Brooks presents stunning vignettes of Muslim women...and carefully distinguishes misogyny and oppressive cultural traditions from what she considers the true teachings of the Koran."
--Publishers Weekly

"There has been nothing finer on the subject from a Western observer...she looks at it from the heart...mixing historical perspective with piercingly observed journalism."
--Newsday

"Avoids both the sensational and the stereotypical...insightful...a valid, entertaining account of women in the Muslim world."
--New York Times Book Review

"A rare look at a significant segment of the world's population that literally has been cloaked in mystery for generations."
--Seattle Times

Reseña del editor:

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize winning author presents the stories of a wide range of Muslim women in the Middle East. As an Australian American and an experienced foreign correspondent, Brooks' thoughtful analysis attempts to understand the precarious status of women in the wake of Islamic fundamentalism.

"Frank, enraging, and captivating." - The New York Times

Nine Parts of Desire is the story of Brooks' intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. Defying our stereotypes about the Muslim world, Brooks' acute analysis of the world's fastest growing religion deftly illustrates how Islam's holiest texts have been misused to justify repression of women, and how male pride and power have warped the original message of a once liberating faith.

As a prizewinning foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, Geraldine Brooks spent six years covering the Middle East through wars, insurrections, and the volcanic upheaval of resurgent fundamentalism. Yet for her, headline events were only the backdrop to a less obvious but more enduring drama: the daily life of Muslim women.

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• Verlag: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0385475772
• ISBN 13: 9780385475778
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272