Politics of piety: the Islamic revival and the feminist subject

"Politics of Piety" is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women`s piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral refo...

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Subtitles:Islamic revival and the feminist subject
Main Author: Mahmood, Saba 1962-2018 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Princeton, NJ, Oxford Princeton University Press 2012
In:Year: 2012
Edition:Paperback reissue
Series/Journal:Anthropology - Middle East studies - women's studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egypt / Piety / Feminist movement / Muslim woman
B Egypt / Muslim woman / Piety / Feminist movement
Further subjects:B Feminism Religious aspects Islam
B Islamic renewal (Egypt) (Cairo) Case studies
B Gender Identity (Islamic countries)
B Muslim Women Religious life (Egypt) (Cairo) Case studies
B Women in Islam
B Feminism (Islamic countries)
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