Elora Shehabuddin
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Gender, Islam, and Politics in Bangladesh2. Gender and Social Reform3. A Little Money for Tea: Rural Women's Encounters with the State4. Contesting Development: Between Islamist and Secularist Perspectives5. Democracy on the Ground6. Beyond Muslim MotherhoodCod...
Introduction - Ali Riaz and C. Christine Fair 1. Political Culture in Contemporary Bangladesh: Histories, Ruptures and Contradictions - Dina Mahnaz Siddiqi 2. Political Violence in Bangladesh - Md. Shamsul Islam 3. Who are the Islamists? - Ali Riaz and Kh. Ali Ar-Raji 4. Who are the Militants? - Zay...
Introduction Leela Fernandes Part 1: Historical Formations 1. Gendered Nationalism: From Women to Gender and Back Again?Mrinalini Sinha 2. Construction of Gender in the Late nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century in Muslim Bengal: The writings of Nawab Faizunessa Chaudhurani and Rokeya Sakhawat Hoss...
Elora Shehabuddin
Elora Shehabuddin
Abstract This article argues that leaders of the Jamaat-i-Islami in Bangladesh regularly invoke women's privileged status as mothers to counter the claims of the largely secularist non-governmental organizations operating in the country today that Islam has been harmful to women and that the only ro...
Susan H. Perry, Celeste Schenck
Introduction - practising theory eye to eye, Susan Perry, Celeste Schenck. The feminism of international institutions: the World Bank and women - instrumental feminism, Sophie Bessis international organizations - women's rights and gender equality, Aster Zaoude, Joanne Sandler. The politics of women...
Elora Shehabuddin
In recent electoral campaigns in Bangladesh, the Jama'at-i Islami or "party of Islam" has claimed that a vote in its favor is a vote in favor of God and Islam; yet, the party repeatedly has failed to find significant support among what is generally considered a pious Muslim population. The Jama'at h...
Leela Fernandes
Gendered nationalism : from women to gender and back again? / Mrinalini Sinha -- Construction of gender in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in Muslim Bengal : the writings of Nawab / Firdous Azim and Perween Hasan -- Gender, women and partition : literary representations, refugee wome...
Elora Shehabuddin
Research Article| January 01 2000 Bangladesh in 1999: Desperately Seeking a Responsible Opposition Elora Shehabuddin Elora Shehabuddin Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (2000) 40 (1): 181–188. https://doi.org/10.2307/3021232 Views Icon Views Artic...
Elora Shehabuddin
Elora Shehabuddin
It has been a difficult year for Bangladesh, largely because of the worst floods in the country's recent history; the year has also seen numerous confrontations between the government and the opposition party, reports of terrorism and violence, and delays in implementing the Chittagong Hill Tracts (...
Zeynep K. Korkman, Sherene Razack
This special issue brings together feminist scholars to theorize anti-Muslim racism. It specifically attends to an understanding of anti-Muslim racism as transnational, proliferating, and linked to other racisms and projects of rule. Three key questions are addressed: How do we understand global cir...
Elora Shehabuddin
A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, ‘O Allah's Apostle! Who is more entitled to be treated with the best companionship by me?’ The Prophet said, ‘Your mother.’ The man said, ‘Who is next?’ The Prophet said, ‘Your mother.’ The man further said, ‘Who is next?’ The Prophet said, ‘Your mother.’ The ...
Elora Shehabuddin
Research Article| January 01 1999 Bangladesh in 1998: Democracy on the Ground Elora Shehabuddin Elora Shehabuddin Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1999) 39 (1): 148–154. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645604 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures &...
Umme Salma
Migration, women, and agency are central research topics in the world literature in English. These topics have fascinated literary researchers since the late twentieth century and enabled debate on how and to what extent migration from post-colonial countries to the West shapes women’s sense of self...