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- catalog abstract ""Mixed Blessings analyzes the effect of religious fundamentalism on gender roles in a variety of religions and nations. It explains how some women benefit from fundamentalism, gaining economic power and autonomy, and portrays how others maneuver within its restrictions. The scope of the book is broad, ranging from Christian groups in North and South America, Islamic groups in the Middle East and China, Jews in Israel, Hindus in India, and Buddhists in Sri Lanka. The detailed descriptions of women's lives illustrate the complexity of gender's intersection with fundamentalism."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9427844.
- catalog contributor b9427845.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""Mixed Blessings analyzes the effect of religious fundamentalism on gender roles in a variety of religions and nations. It explains how some women benefit from fundamentalism, gaining economic power and autonomy, and portrays how others maneuver within its restrictions. The scope of the book is broad, ranging from Christian groups in North and South America, Islamic groups in the Middle East and China, Jews in Israel, Hindus in India, and Buddhists in Sri Lanka. The detailed descriptions of women's lives illustrate the complexity of gender's intersection with fundamentalism."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The peace that passes all understanding / Elizabeth Brusco -- Buddhist nuns / Hema Goonatilake -- Islamic "fundamentalism" and female empowerment among the Muslims of Hainan Island, People's Republic of China / Keng-Fong Pang -- Voices from the margins / Janet Stocks -- A separate unity / Janet Bennion -- A strange road home / Nancy L. Eiesland -- Ideology and identity / Sondra Hale -- Ideal womanhood in postrevolutionary Iran / Erika Friedl -- Giving birth to a settlement / Tamer El-Or, Gideon Aran -- A mixed blessing / Mary Elaine Hegland -- Lost rituals / Judy Brink -- Fundamentalist politics and women in India / Ilina Sen.".
- catalog extent "vi, 275 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415911850".
- catalog identifier "0415911869 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "200/.82 20".
- catalog subject "BL238 .M59 1997".
- catalog subject "Religious fundamentalism Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Religious fundamentalism.".
- catalog subject "Women and religion Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Women and religion.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The peace that passes all understanding / Elizabeth Brusco -- Buddhist nuns / Hema Goonatilake -- Islamic "fundamentalism" and female empowerment among the Muslims of Hainan Island, People's Republic of China / Keng-Fong Pang -- Voices from the margins / Janet Stocks -- A separate unity / Janet Bennion -- A strange road home / Nancy L. Eiesland -- Ideology and identity / Sondra Hale -- Ideal womanhood in postrevolutionary Iran / Erika Friedl -- Giving birth to a settlement / Tamer El-Or, Gideon Aran -- A mixed blessing / Mary Elaine Hegland -- Lost rituals / Judy Brink -- Fundamentalist politics and women in India / Ilina Sen.".
- catalog title "Mixed blessings : gender and religious fundamentalism cross culturally / edited by Judy Brink and Joan Mencher.".
- catalog type "text".