by Geraldine Brooks · Belfond · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782714432483
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«Les femmes dans l'islam: Un monde caché» is Geraldine Brooks's essay on women in Islam, published by Belfond in paperback (323 pages).
Research based on testimonies of women from various Islamic countries: Brooks analyzes the political, religious and cultural forces that shape their lives. It addresses marriage, education, family and tradition, advocates a feminism specific to Islam and shows how abusive interpretations of the Quran have justified female oppression.
Work originally published in 1994 as «Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women»; this French edition is from 1995.
For readers interested in the condition of women in Islam, feminism and the history of the Middle East.
Geraldine Brooks is an Australian-American journalist and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 2005 novel March.
