A world of difference : Islam and gender hierarchy in Turkey /

A world of difference : Islam and gender hierarchy in Turkey /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Marcus, Julie
Imprint:	London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J., USA : Zed, 1992.
Description:	x, 201 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Women in Asia publication series
Subject:	Women -- Turkey -- Social conditions. Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Islam Women in Islam Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Islam. Women in Islam. Women -- Social conditions. Turkey.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1404940

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Other title:	Islam and gender hierarchy in Turkey.
ISBN:	1856491854 (cloth) 1856491862 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-196) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Travelling to the Orient
2. Izmir, the 'Infidel City'
3. Cannibalising the Orient
4. Women and the Orient
5. Islam, Gender and Hierarchy
6. Women's Place, Women's Space
7. Women's Rites
8. Women, Islam and Superstition
9. Gender and the World of Difference.