Women, Agency and Religion
Social and Legal Issues in the Mediterranean Public Space
- 363 pages
- English
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About this book
On both Mediterranean shores, women's agency is articulated by new social and legal actors that face the religious factor both as an asset and as a brake. This book explores how female agency is defined and takes place in the region. The collection brings together contributions of both theoretical and thematic nature mapping various experiences on the public role of women in the Mediterranean context. In particular, the book relates the two sides, observing affinities and differences in the affirmation of women's agency. This synoptic approach avoids essentialist contraposition and dialectic between different cultural, religious and political universes and emphasizes the role of a common geopolitical space where women's agency is playing an increasingly decisive role in the building and defense of constitutional democratic political systems. The reflection is enriched by the specific analysis of the role of a "religious factor" in the process of affirmation or, in contrast, as a restraint on women's agency. The book focuses both on the role of women believers in the processes of transformation of the political contexts of the North African and Euro-Mediterranean area, and on the role of women within religions, questioning from inside the patriarchal traditions of the latter. The book applies a multidisciplinary approach to the theme of women's agency, in which law, sociology, theology and philosophy interact with each other. As such, it will be a valuable resource for those working in the areas of Human Rights Law, Law and Religion, Socio-legal Studies and Gender Studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction: Women, Religions, and Human Rights in the Mediterranean Context
- Chapter 1 Gender, Citizenship, Religious Identity: Innovative Approaches to Autonomy and Political Agency
- Chapter 2 Feminist-Religious Intersections Across the Mediterranean
- Chapter 3 The Role of European Private Law in Rendering Women's Participation to Public Space Effective
- Chapter 4 Queer as a Lesson in Reality
- Chapter 5 Women In The Catholic Church: (De)Sacralising Boundaries
- Chapter 6 Commitment To Gender Equality And Human Rights – An Idealistic Passion?
- Chapter 7 Fèminismes laïques, Secular Feminists and Islamic Feminisms in Muslim Countries: Experiences in the Maghreb
- Chapter 8 Islamist Women’s Mobilization and Agency in the Arab Uprisings and Their Aftermath in Egypt
- Chapter 9 Gender Equality and Islam: Experiences in Morocco
- Chapter 10 Algerian Citizenship Between the Principle of Equality and Freedom of Enterprise
- Chapter 11 Gender Equality in Political Participation in Libya: The Transition's Controversial Assessment
- Chapter 12 Women And Political Parties In Contemporary Türkiye
- Chapter 13 The Structural Inequalities in Laws and Practices and Their Impact On Women's Agency in Lebanon: The Long Battle for Gender Equality
- Index