This is a paperbound reprint of a 2007 book. Six essays look at the position of women not as peripheral to the fundamentalist phenomenon around the world, but at its core. Contributors identified only by name consider the Hindutva appropriation of female gender, Confucianism, figuring women across the divide between Christian fundamentalism and feminism, and clothing the Muslim Canadian woman. T&T Clark is an imprint of Continuum. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)