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008			940428s1995 nyu b 001 0 eng
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100	1		_aBrooks, Geraldine
245	1	0	_aNine parts of desire : _bthe hidden world of Islamic women / _cGeraldine Brooks
250			_aFirst edition
300			_a255 pages ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 245-247) and index
505	0		_a1. The holy veil -- 2. Whom no man shall have deflowered before them -- 3. Here come the brides -- 4. The prophet's women -- 5. Converts -- 6. Jihad is for women, too -- 7. A queen -- 8. The getting of wisdom -- 9. Risky business -- 10. Politics, with and without a vote -- 11. Muslim women's games -- 12. A different drummer -- Conclusion: Beware of the dogma
520			_aNine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women is the story of Brook's intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. In fundamentalist Iran, Brooks finagles an invitation to tea with the ayatollah's widow - and discovers that Mrs. Khomeini dyes her hair. In Saudi Arabia, she eludes the severe segregation of the sexes and attends a bacchanal, laying bare the hypocrisy of this austere, male-dominated society. In war-torn Ethiopia, she watches as a female gynecologist repairs women who have undergone genital mutilation justified by a distorted interpretation of Islam. In villages and capitals throughout the Middle East, she finds that a feminism of sorts has flowered under the forbidding shroud of the chador as she makes other startling discoveries that defy our stereotypes about the Muslim world
520	8		_aNine Parts of Desire is much more than a captivating work of firsthand reportage; it is also an acute analysis of the world's fastest-growing religion, deftly illustrating how Islam's holiest texts have been misused to justify the repression of women. It was, after all, the Shiite leader Ali who proclaimed that "God created sexual desire in ten parts, then gave nine parts to women."
650		0	_aMuslim women _938864
650		0	_aMuslim women _zMiddle East _xSocial conditions _938865
650		0	_aWomen in the Qurʼan _938866
650		0	_aWomen in the Hadith _938867
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aBrooks, Geraldine. _tNine parts of desire. _b1st ed. _dNew York : Anchor Books, 1995 _w(OCoLC)621373740
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