Women in Middle Eastern History

"With this collection of readings, issues of women and gender enter the mainstream of studies on Middle Eastern history and society. This text is particularly effective in highlighting how gender and sex roles are linked to differences of class, social location, status, and generation in Middle Eastern societies past and present. It is highly appropriate as a reader for introductory courses on the Middle East in all fields."—Dale F. Eickelman, Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations, Dartmouth College

"The authors present new, important, and interesting data that is analyzed within historical, social, cultural, and economic contexts. The book is a very significant contribution to our understanding of the complexity of gender roles in general and specifically in the Middle Eastern-Islamic context."—Gene R. Garthwaite

"The Keddie-Baron collection is bound to be of great interest to many people. The essays insist on the importance of locating the study of women in their divergent contexts, of identifying female agency, and of showing the variety of ways in which Islamic symbols are interpreted and adduced."—Barbara D. Metcalf