Gender and Sexuality in Islam CC 4V Multiple-component retail product

Exploring the multifaceted nature of gender and sexuality within Islamic societies in a trans-disciplinary and trans-regional fashion, this collection addresses the following questions: What are the principal methodologies for studying gender and sexuality in Islam?

What is Islamic feminism? How do we understand the role of gender in the Islamic revival movements that have emerged since the last quarter of the twentieth century?

How have historical forces and political projects-colonialism, nationalism, and modernity-constituted gender relations?

How have sexual ideologies and practices transformed in Muslim majority societies in the modern era?

What is the relationship between the global circulation of LGBTQ identities and queer and sexual counter-publics in the Islamic world?Gender and Sexuality in Islam highlights methodologically innovative work while covering an expansive geographical range that includes the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central, South and Southeast Asia, and Europe and North America.

The volumes cover: Gender and the Ethical Subject; Gender, Empire, and Nation; Sexualities, Intimacy, and the Body; and Gender, Sexuality, and Representation.

The set will be of use to scholars, students, and general readers.