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Feminist Review (1991) 37, 38–58. doi:10.1057/fr.1991.3
The Quest for National Identity: Women, Islam and the State in Bangladesh
Naila Kabeer does research and training in gender and development issues at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. She is a member of the Feminist Review Collective and of Naripokkho, a women's organization in Bangladesh.
This article has been excerpted from my contribution to Women, Islam and the State: A Comparative Perspective, a collection of articles edited by Deniz Kandiyoti and published by Macmillan Press. I am grateful to Macmillan Press for permission to reproduce this excerpt. An earlier version of the paper appeared as an IDS Discussion Paper, No. 268, in 1989. I would also like to thank Deniz Kaniyoti for her editorial advice and to Rokeya Rahman Kabeer, Ruby Ghuznavi and Shireen Huq for their valuable comments on the paper.
Naila Kabeer
