Mixed Blessings: Gender and Religious Fundamentalism Cross Culturally

Brink, Judy;Mencher, Joan

ISBN 10: 0415911850 / ISBN 13: 9780415911856

Published by Routledge, NY, 1997

About this Item

SIGNED First edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published NY: Routledge, 1996. 8vo., vi+275 pages. Inscribed by author Joan Mencher on fly leaf. A near fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mixed Blessings: Gender and Religious Fundamentalism Cross Culturally
• Publisher: Routledge, NY
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415911850
• ISBN 13: 9780415911856
• Binding: Hard
• Edition: 1st
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion
  • Anthropology
  • Signed

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Synopsis

Taking a woman-centered approach, Mixed Blessings analyzes the effect of religious fundamentalism on gender roles in a variety of religions and nations. It explains how some women benefit from fundamentalism, gaining economic power and autonomy, and portrays how others maneuver within its restrictions.

The scope of the book is broad, ranging from Christian groups in North and South America, Islamic groups in the Middle East and China, Jews in Israel, Hindus in India, and Buddhists in Sri Lanka. The detailed descriptions of women's lives illustrate the complexity of the intersection of gender and fundamentalism. The impact of fundamentalism for some women has been beneficial and has lead to greater economic power and autonomy. In other areas women must maneuver within the constraints of fundamentalism to gain power and autonomy.

From the Back Cover

Mixed Blessings analyzes the effect of religious fundamentalism on gender roles in a variety of religions and nations. It explains how some women benefit from fundamentalism, gaining economic powers and autonomy, and portrays how others maneuver with its restrictions. The scope of the book is broad, ranging from Christian groups in North and South America, Islamic groups in the Middle East and China, Jews in Israel, Hindus in India, and Buddhists in Sri Lanka. The detailed descriptions of women's lives illustrate the complexity of gender's intersection with fundamentalism.