This course examines the diversity and complexity of Muslim women’s lives and faith around the world. It explores changing constructions of gender and sexuality in the Islamic world over time; the interactions between Muslims and travelers, colonial administrators, the modern state, and local and transnational feminist, secularist, and Islamist movements; and, generally, continuing challenges to the very notion of what a “Muslim” is. The course draws on primary source texts as well as ethnography, literature, film, and media.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.