Author: Mernissi, Fatima
Title: The Veil and the Male Elite : A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam
Description: Reading [Massachusetts], Addison-Wesley Publishing, (1987). orig.boards. 24x15cm, xii, 228 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Sacred Text as a Political Weapon: The Muslim & Time; The Prophet & Hadith; A Tradition of Misogyny; Medina in Revolution: The Three Fateful Years: The Hijab, the Veil; The Prophet & Space; The Prophet & Women; 'Umar & the Men of Medina; The Prophet as Military Leader; The Hijab Descends on Medina; Conclusion; Appendices.

Keywords: Islamic Sociology, Women, Social History, Islam, Religion Historical, Prophet Muhammad, Hadith, Feminism, Feminist Theory