'beyond the Veil' As a Critical Text

Fatema Mernissi’s book Beyond the Veil :Male Female Dynamics in a Modern Muslim Society was a critical text in my intellectual development as a feminist scholar. It is one that I shared with my students and taught in feminist theory classes which was highly appreciated. This presentation will reflect on the significance of this and other foundational texts in feminist scholarship, including those from scholars based in the Global South and their continued validity in contemporary global scholarship.