Women and Islamic revival in a West African town

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Autore principale: Masquelier, Adeline Marie, 1960-
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.
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Sommario:
  • 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.