Women and Islamic revival in a West African town [electronic resource] / Adeline Masquelier.

By: Masquelier, Adeline Marie, 1960-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009Description: xxviii, 343 pSubject(s): Muslim women -- Niger -- Dogondoutchi -- Social conditions | Women -- Niger -- Dogondoutchi -- Social conditions | Islam -- Niger -- Dogondoutchi | Dogondoutchi (Niger) -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.48/697096626 LOC classification: HQ1812.Z9 | D663 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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, modesty, and the construction of the virtuous woman -- "The fart does not light the fire": "bad" women, "true" believers, and the reconfiguration of moral domesticity.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-332) and index.

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, modesty, and the construction of the virtuous woman -- "The fart does not light the fire": "bad" women, "true" believers, and the reconfiguration of moral domesticity.

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