Women in Fundamentalism

Maxine L. Margolis is professor emerita of anthropology, Latin American Studies, and women’s studies at the University of Florida. She is also adjunct senior research scholar at the Institute for Latin American Studies in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009 and was awarded the Lifetime Contribution Award by the Brazilian Studies Association in 2014.

This book is interesting, timely, and readable and will appeal to a wide range of audiences and stimulate public discourse. Its systematic comparison of gender roles in three geographically and culturally separate fundamentalist communities is intrinsically interesting to any student of society.

• Preface and Acknowledgments 1 Gendered Fundamentalism: An Introduction Fundamentalisms Underlying Commonalities 2 Who Are They? Hasidism: Jewish Fundamentalists Judaism on Steroids: The Satmar of Williamsburg and Kiryas Joel Mormon Fundamentalism The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Islamic Fundamentalism The Pashtun of Afghanistan The Tribal Ideology of Pashtunwali 3 Modesty Above All Keeping Them Apart: The Satmar, the Pashtun, and the FLDS What’s a Woman to Wear? The Case of the Satmar What’s a Woman to Wear? The FLDS and the Pashtun What Is It About Women’s Hair? 4 Marriage and Male Control Marriage: FLDS Style What Is It About Satmar Marriage? Suffering and Pashtun Marriage 5 Women as Broodmares Motherhood in the FLDSWomen as Broodmares among the Satmar Hasidim Niddah Separation Women as Broodmares among the Pashtun Seeking Sex Outside: The Pashtun and the Satmar That’s Just What Women Are Like6 Even More ExtremeA New Extreme: The FLDS Under Warren Jeffs Pashtun Extremes Satmar Extremes 7 And the Future? The Pashtun Future What’s in Store for the FLDS? Threats to the Satmar Enclave Postscript References