Women in Sufism: female religiosities in a transnational order

"The book is a comparative study of the Būdshīshiyya Order in Morocco and Western Europe. It examines the embodied expressions of Sufism by looking at the ways in which religious discourses are bodily endorsed, by exploring the religious body in movement, in performance and in relation to the s...

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Published in:Routledge Sufi series
Main Author: Dominguez, Marta 1978- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London and New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2015]
In: Routledge Sufi series (14)
Series/Journal:Routledge Sufi series 14
Further subjects:B Religion Islam Sufi
B Sufism History Morocco
B Qādirīyah
B Morocco
B Qādirīyah Morocco
B Women sufis Morocco
B Qādiriyya Būdshīshiyya
B Social Science Regional Studies
B Woman
B Sufism Doctrines
B Sufism
Online Access: Verlag
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Summary:"The book is a comparative study of the Būdshīshiyya Order in Morocco and Western Europe. It examines the embodied expressions of Sufism by looking at the ways in which religious discourses are bodily endorsed, by exploring the religious body in movement, in performance and in relation to the social order"--
"Exploring the diverse myriad of female religious identities that exist within the various branches of the Moroccan Sufi Order, Qariyya B
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0415741734