SOC 3450 - Women, Islam and Modernity

Effective Date 01/01/2010
The global Islamic revival is often considered an obstacle to gender equality. So how are we to understand women’s involvement in Islamic movements? And what can these phenomena tell us about gender and modernity? This class will read ethnographic accounts of Muslim women in various parts of the world. We will discuss these ethnographies with an eye for how they speak to and challenge sociological theories of gender, identity, and globalization. Prerequisites: Student must have taken at least one course on gender, or instructor permission.

Credits: 3