{"product_id":"soft-force-ellen-anne-mclarney-9780691158495","title":"Soft Force: Women in Egypt's Islamic Awakening","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe unheralded contribution of women to Egypt's Islamist movement--and how they talk about women's rights in Islamic terms\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, when Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime was swept from power in Egypt, Muslim women took a leading role in developing a robust Islamist presence in the country's public sphere. \u003ci\u003eSoft Force\u003c\/i\u003e examines the writings and activism of these women--including scholars, preachers, journalists, critics, actors, and public intellectuals--who envisioned an Islamic awakening in which women's rights and the family, equality, and emancipation were at the center. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChallenging Western conceptions of Muslim women as being oppressed by Islam, Ellen McLarney shows how women used \"soft force\"--a women's jihad characterized by nonviolent protest--to oppose secular dictatorship and articulate a public sphere that was both Islamic and democratic. McLarney draws on memoirs, political essays, sermons, newspaper articles, and other writings to explore how these women imagined the home and the family as sites of the free practice of religion in a climate where Islamists were under siege by the secular state. While they seem to reinforce women's traditional roles in a male-dominated society, these Islamist writers also reoriented Islamist politics in domains coded as feminine, putting women at the very forefront in imagining an Islamic polity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBold and insightful, \u003ci\u003eSoft Force\u003c\/i\u003e transforms our understanding of women's rights, women's liberation, and women's equality in Egypt's Islamic revival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Anne McLarney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691158495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691158495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015","brand":"Ellen Anne McLarney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925619638527,"sku":"9780691158495","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f2375a9a-cdf6-48ef-90ba-9180087b22e9.jpg?v=1681078348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soft-force-ellen-anne-mclarney-9780691158495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}