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Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in a Modern Muslim Society.
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Women's RightEducationQueer TheorySocial SciencesIslamic LawGender IdentityGender TheoryGender StudiesMuslim WomenMiddle Eastern StudiesModern Muslim SocietyEdition PrefaceFeminist PerspectiveSexual DissidenceFeminist TheoryFeminist PhilosophyCultureSexuality StudiesIslamic EconomicsIslamic StudyMoroco Conclusion
The book examines how traditional Muslim views, regulation of female sexuality, and modernization have shaped male‑female dynamics and sexual anomie in contemporary Moroccan society. The authors analyze Moroccan survey data to assess the contemporary male‑female dynamics. The analysis shows that economic factors drive sexual anomie in Morocco, underscoring challenges to women’s liberation.
Muslim Women and Fundamentalism: Introduction to the Revised Edition Preface: A Note to the Western Reader Introduction: Roots of the Modern Situation Part One: The Traditional Muslim View of Women and Their Place in the Social Order 1. The Muslim Concept of Active Female Sexuality 2. Regulation of Female Sexuality in the Muslim Social Order 3. Sex and Marriage Before Islam Part Two: Anomic Effects of Modernization on Male-Female Dynamics 4. The Modern Situation: Moroccan Data 5. Sexual Anomie As Revealed by the Data 6. Husband and Wife 7. The Mother-in-Law 8. The Meaning of Spatial Boundaries 9. The Economic Basis of Sexual Annomie in Moroco Conclusion: Women's Liberation in Muslim Countries Notes Suggested Supplementary Reading Compiled by Mary Jo Lakeland Index