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Book SynopsisThis index helps to illuminate why women's sexuality, dress, and image so compel militant Muslim outrage and sometimes violent action, revealing a deeper human story of how women's status defines competing moral visions of society and why this present clash is erupting with such ferocity.
Trade ReviewAn ambitious analysis of the implications of globalism and cultural conflict on the battlefield of women's bodies... Casual readers shouldn't be dissuaded-Jacobson's prose is accessible, and he has treated the complicated underpinnings of identity, cultural belonging, and economic motivations with respect. Publishers Weekly What Jacobson does beautifully in his accessibly academic book is differentiate between politicized Islamist patriarchy and 'the broader Muslim community,' the former being 'a core expression of a deeper global fissure,' he explains... As globalization improves the status of many women, it also incites a ferocious backlash against them. -- Tracy Clark-Flory Salon The breadth of engagement in terms of issues, space, time, geography, and history it traverses is the book's strength... With an accessible prose peppered with rich imagery, it has something to offer to every reader... -- Shweta Majumdaradur Gender and Society Of Virgins and Martyrs cleverly written with exciting prose, would be appropriate in small doses for advanced undergraduates and in full for scholars and graduate students. Jacobson must be applauded for striking a balance between breadth and depth; the book takes readers across time and place in fairly effortless fashion, while providing specifics about various cultures, such as Cuba, the Netherlands, or Pakistan. -- Candice D. Ortbals Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: Historical Trajectories of the Middle East and Europe
1. The Honor of Virgins: The Biblical Roots of Patriarchy
2. A Pirouette in Europe: With Dutch Women in the Lead, History Changes Course
3. Jerusalem, Rome, Mecca: A Crescent Rises in the Firmament and in Arabia
Part II: How Globalization Advantages Women
4. Global Markets: Putting Homo economicus on the Defensive
5. Fashioning Herself: Women Unbound by Tradition
Part III: Explaining the Islamist Backlash
6. Loathing the Feminine Mystique: The Islamist Resistance
7. Thoughts and Consequences: The Ink of Scholars and the Blood of Martyrs
Part IV: Abroad at Home: European Paradoxes
8. Europe's Winter of Discontent: A Clash of Traditions and Generations
9. An Education: Women and Men in Europe's Poorer Neighborhoods
10. Islamist Tipping Points: Why Think Radically in Europe?
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Glossary
Index
