Social history of women and gender in the modern Middle East / edited by Margaret L. Meriwether, Judith E. Tucker.

Boulder ; Cumnor Hill, Oxford : Westview Press, 1999.

ix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Woman without her distaff / Julia Clancy-Smith -- Modernization, the state, and the family in Middle East women's studies / Mervat F. Hatem -- Other awakening / Ellen L. Fleischmann -- Debating Islamic family law / Annelies Moors -- Gender and religion in the Middle East and South Asia / Mary Elaine Hegland

Includes bibliographical references and index.