Reshaping the holy : democracy, development, and Muslim women in Bangladesh /

Shehabuddin, Elora.

Reshaping the holy : democracy, development, and Muslim women in Bangladesh / Elora Shehabuddin. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2008. - xiii, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-270) and index.

Gender, Islam, and politics in Bangladesh -- Gender and social reform -- "A little money for tea" : rural women's encounters with the state -- Contesting development : between Islamist and secularist perspectives -- Democracy on the ground -- Beyond Muslim motherhood -- Coda.

9780231141567 (alk. paper) 0231141564 (alk. paper) 9780231141574 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0231141572 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Muslim women--Social conditions.--Bangladesh
Muslim women--Social life and customs.--Bangladesh
Women in Islam--Bangladesh.

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