SOC 885 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Leila Ahmed, Edward Said, Qasim Amin
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For example, rural women who used to work in traditional weaving factories lost their livelihoods when the textile industry was modernized under state rule. Ahmed"s work supports other accounts from muslim societies that on the whole changes brought in by europeans and by state reforms did not benefit poor urban and rural women. However, reforms benefited some women, such as upper and middle class women, who benefited from reforms like education and professional opportunities. In women and gender in islam: historical roots of a modern debate (pp. However, said"s theory considers this process to be much more complex than political or economic control and domination west and east as two opposite civilizations, such that the west was seen as rational, promoting individualism, democracy, and social progress. The veil in their minds and on our heads: the persistence of colonial images of muslim women. Anthropological reflections on cultural relativism and its others.
