Beyond the Exotic: Women's Histories in Islamic Societies

History Then, History Now: The Role Of Medieval Islamic Religio-political Sources In Shaping The Modern Debate On Gender / Denise A. Spellberg -- The Qur'an And History / Barbara Freyer Stowasser -- Muslim Women: Public Authority, Scriptures, And Islamic Law / Haifaa Khalafallah -- Gendered Sources In Ethnohistorical Research: The Study Of Emigration From A Lebanese Village / Patricia Mihaly Nabti -- Individualism And Political Modernity: Devout Catholic Women In Aleppo And Lebanon Between The Seventeenth And Nineteenth Centuries / Bernard Heyberger -- Women, Patronage, And Charity In Ottoman Istanbul / Fariba Zarinebaf -- Consciousness Of Self: The Muslim Woman As Creator And Manager Of Waqf Foundations In Late Ottoman Damascus / Randi Deguilhem -- Sources For The Study Of Slave Women And Concubines In Ottoman Egypt / Nelly Hanna -- Thoughts On Women And Slavery In The Ottoman Era And Historical Sources / Madeline Zilfi --^ Observations On The Use Of Shariʻa Court Records As A Source Of Social History / Ramadan Al-khowli -- Mahkama Records As A Source For Women's History: The Case Of Constantine / Fatima Zohra Guechi -- And God Knows Best: The Fatwa As A Source For The History Of Gender In The Arab World / Judith E. Tucker -- Gender Violence In Kanunnames And Fetvas Of The Sixteenth Century / Elyse Semerdjian -- Mixed And Other Courts: Women And The Modern Patriarchy / Amira El-azhary Sonbol -- Islamic Personal Law In American Courts / Richard Freeland -- Learning Gendered Modernity: The Home, The Family, And The Schoolroom In The Construction Of Egyptian National Identity (1885-1919) / Lisa Pollard -- The Use Of Textbooks As A Source Of History For Women: The Case Of Turn-of-the-century Egypt / Mona Russell -- Sources On The Education Of Ottoman Women In The Prime Ministerial Ottoman Archive For The Period Of Reforms In The Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries / Selçuk Akşin Somel --^ The History Of The Discourses On Gender And Islamism In Contemporary Egypt (1980-1990) / Mervat F. Hatem -- Female Patronage Of Mamluk Architecture In Cairo / Howayda Al-harithy -- Islamic Art As A Source For The Study Of Women In Premodern Societies / Sheila S. Blair -- Discerning The Hand-of-fatima: An Iconological Investigation Of The Role Of Gender In Religious Art / Diane Apostolos-cappadona -- Oral Traditions As A Source For The Study Of Muslim Women: Women In The Sufi Orders / Valerie J. Hoffman -- Political Science Without Clothes: The Politics Of Dress; Or, Contesting The Spatiality Of The State In Egypt / Mamoun Fandy. Edited By Amira El-azhary Sonbol. Originally Published By Syracuse University Press, 2005. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 467-500) And Index.