Educated Afghan women in search of their identities

This study was conducted among educated and uneducated working women of Kabul, Afghanistan, during 1986-88, to determine how these women dealt with the dual role of home and office while the predominant tradition of Islam encourage their confinement to the private domain of home, and to the role of mothers and housewives. An overview of Islamic values related to the status, role, and sexuality of women, along with a review of situation of women in Afghanistan, provided the background information for the text.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Sharif, Sharifa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Peshkin, Alan

• Women's Studies
• Education, Social Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Sharif, Sharifa

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9512545
(UMI)AAI9512545

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21204