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Item Details
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WOMEN AND ISLAMIC REVIVAL IN A WEST AFRICAN TOWN
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| By: |
Adeline Masquelier |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£62.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253353661 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253353665 |
| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2009 |
| Pages: |
376 |
| Description: |
Malam Awal's, a charismatic Sufi preacher, message has been viewed as a mixed blessing by Muslim women who have seen new definitions of Islam and Muslim practice impact their place and role in society. This study follows the career of Awal and documents the engagement of women in the religious debates that are refashioning their everyday lives. |
| Synopsis: |
In the small town of Dogondoutchi, Niger, Malam Awal, a charismatic Sufi preacher, was recruited by local Muslim leaders to denounce the practices of reformist Muslims. Malam Awal's message has been viewed as a mixed blessing by Muslim women who have seen new definitions of Islam and Muslim practice impact their place and role in society. This study follows the career of Malam Awal and documents the engagement of women in the religious debates that are refashioning their everyday lives. Adeline Masquelier reveals how these women have had to define Islam on their own terms, especially as a practice that governs education, participation in prayer, domestic activities, wedding customs, and who wears the veil and how. Masquelier's richly detailed narrative presents new understandings of what it means to be a Muslim woman in Africa today. |
| Illustrations: |
20 b&w illus., 2 maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Indiana University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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