Women and Islamic Revival in a West African Town

Name: Women and Islamic Revival in a West African Town
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ISBN: 9780253215130

ISBN-10: 0253215137

ISBN-13: 9780253215130

Edition: 2009

Authors: Adeline Masquelier, Robert Launay

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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…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 10/2/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Adeline Masquelier is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University and author of Prayer Has Spoiled Everything: Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town of Niger.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Gender and Islam in Dogondoutchi



"Those Who Pray": Religious Transformations in the Colonial and Early Postcolonial Period



Debating Muslims, Disputed Practices: The New Public Face of Islam



When Charisma Comes to Town: Malam Awal or the Making of a Modern Saint



Building a Mosque in the Home of a Spirit: Changing Topographies of Power and Piety



How Is a Girl to Marry without a Bed? Weddings, Wealth, and Women's Value



Fashioning Muslimhood: Dress, Modersty, and the Construction of the Virtuous Woman



"The Fart Does Not Light the "Fire": "Bad" Women, "True" Believers, and the Reconfiguration of Moral Domesticity


Closing Remarks


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index