PERFECTING WOMEN: MAULANA ASHRAF 'ALI THANAWI'S BIHISHTI ZEWAR - A PARTIAL TRANSLATION WITH COMMENTARY

Metcalf, Barbara Daly

Verlag: University of California Pr. (1992), Berkeley, CA

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436pp ISBN 0520080939 "Thanawi's BIHISHTI ZEWAR is one of the richest sources of sociocultural themes underlying gender roles and reformist religiosity of Indian Muslims.". Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 059210

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Titel: PERFECTING WOMEN: MAULANA ASHRAF 'ALI ...
Verlag: University of California Pr. (1992), Berkeley, CA
Einband: PB
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Perfecting women : Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Bihishti zewar : a partial translation with commentary

Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi ; Barbara Daly Metcalf (trans.)

Verlag: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN 10: 0195660633 ISBN 13: 9780195660630

Gebraucht Soft cover

Anbieter: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, Vereinigtes K�nigreich

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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. xv, 436 pages ; 22 cm. Challenging conventional notions about the place of women in Muslim societies, the Bihishti Zewar (Heavenly Ornaments) gives life to the themes of religious and social reform that have too often been treated in the abstract. This instructional guidebook, used by the world`s largest population of Muslims, is a vital source for those interested in modern Indian social and intellectual history, in Islamic reform, and in conceptions of gender and women`s roles. The Bihishti Zewar was written in northern India in the early 1900s by a revered Muslim scholar and spiritual guide, Maulana Ashraf `Ali Thanawi (1864-1943), to instruct Muslim girls and women in religious teachings, proper behavior, and prudent conduct of their everyday lives. In so doing, it sets out the core of a reformist version of Islam that has become increasingly prominent across Muslim societies during the past hundred years. Throughout the work, nothing is more striking than the extent to which the book takes women and men as essentially the same, in contrast to European works directed toward women at this time. Its rich descriptions of the everyday life of the relatively privileged classes in turn-of-the-century north India provide information on issues of personality formation as well as on family life, social relations, household management, and encounters with new institutions and inventions. Barbara Metcalf has carefully selected those sections of the Bihishti Zewar that best illustrate the themes of reformist thought about God, the person, society, and gender. She provides a substantial introduction to the text and to each section, as well as detailed annotations. Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers abw12

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