Women in the Middle East : past and present /
Nikki R. Keddie.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.
- xv, 389 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index. "Bibliography of works by Nikki R. Keddie since 1995": p. [355]-356.
Book 1. Women in the Middle East : a history -- Introduction. Issues in studying Middle Eastern women's history -- I. Regional background and the beginnings of Islam -- II. From the pious caliphs through the dynastic caliphates -- III. From the Turkish and Mongol invasions to 1798 -- IV. Change in the long nineteenth century 1798-1914 -- V. 1914-45 : nationalism and women's movements -- VI. 1945-today : new states and trends, women's activism, and the rise of Islamism -- Conclusion -- Notes to book one -- Bibliography of books -- Book 2. Approaches to the study of Middle Eastern women -- Part 1. Shifting boundaries in sex and gender -- Part 2. Scholarship, relativism, and universalism -- Part 3. Women in the limelight : recent books on Middle Eastern women's history since 1800 -- Part 4. Problems in the study of Middle Eastern women -- Part 5. Sexuality and Shiʹi social protest in Iran (coauthored with Parvin Paidar [Nahid Yeganeh]) -- Book 3. Autobiographical recollections -- Part 1. Autobiographical interview -- Part 2. Supplement to the interview -- Bibliography of works by Nikki R. Keddie since 1995.