Do Muslim women need saving? / Lila Abu-Lughod.

"Frequent reports of honor killings, disfigurement, and sensational abuse have given rise to a consensus in the West, a message propagated by human rights groups and the media: Muslim women need to be rescued. Lila Abu-Lughod boldly challenges this conclusion. An anthropologist who has been wri...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Abu-Lughod, Lila (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Muslim women > Social conditions. Muslim women > Civil rights. Women's rights > Islamic countries.