Engaging Modernity : Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Women in Africa and the Diaspora
ISBN-10
0299212106
ISBN-13
9780299212100
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint
University of Wisconsin Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 31st, 2005
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
478 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 16.90 x 2.00 cms
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Presents a portrait of Muslim women in Niger as they confront the challenges and opportunities of the twentieth century. Based on research and fieldwork, this work offers insights into the meaning of modernity for Muslim women in Niger. This is a multilayered vision of political Islam, education, popular culture, and war and its aftermath.
Engaging Modernity is Ousseina Alidou''s rich and compelling portrait of Muslim women in Niger as they confront the challenges and opportunities of the twentieth century. Contrary to Western stereotypes of passive subordination, these women are taking control of their own lives and resisting domination from indigenous traditions, westernization, and Islam alike. Based on thorough scholarly research and extensive fieldwork - including a wealth of interviews - Alidou''s work offers insights into the meaning of modernity for Muslim women in Niger. Mixing biography with sociological data, social theory, and linguistic analysis, this is a multilayered vision of political Islam, education, popular culture, and war and its aftermath. This is a gripping look at one of the Muslim world''s most powerful untold stories.
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