Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister: Islamic Fundamentalism and the Politics of Patriarchy in Iran

by Minoo Moallem

Book Overview

Minoo Moallem challenges the mainstream stereotypical representation of Islam and Muslims as backward, fanatical, and premodern by showing how Islamic nationalism and fundamentalism are by-products of modernity. Writing with a deep personal and scholarly concern for recent Iranian history, Moallem refers to the gendered notions of brother and sister as keys to understanding the invention of the Islamic ummat as a modern fraternal community. Using...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520243455
• ISBN13: 9780520243453
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"