Gender and Islam in Africa: rights, sexuality, and law

Muslim women's knowledge production in the greater Maghreb: the example of Nana Asmaʼu of Northern Nigeria / Beverly B. Mack -- Rethinking marginality and agency in postcolonial Niger: a social biography of a Sufi woman scholar / Ousseina D. Alidou -- Deconstructing Islamic feminism: a look at...

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Contributors: Badran, Margot 1936- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Washington, D.C. Woodrow Wilson Center Press c 2011
In:Year: 2011
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Africa / Woman / Islam
Further subjects:B Feminism Religious aspects Islam
B Collection of essays
B Muslim Women (Africa)
B Muslim Women Legal status, laws, etc (Africa, Sub-Saharan)
B Africa
B Muslim woman
B Women in Islam (Africa)
B Africa Frauen Muslime Islam Gender-specific role / Gender composition Sexuality Rechtsstellung von Gruppen Islamic law Family law
B Muslim Women Political activity (Africa)
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Summary:Muslim women's knowledge production in the greater Maghreb: the example of Nana Asmaʼu of Northern Nigeria / Beverly B. Mack -- Rethinking marginality and agency in postcolonial Niger: a social biography of a Sufi woman scholar / Ousseina D. Alidou -- Deconstructing Islamic feminism: a look at Fatima Mernissi / Raja Rhouni -- Embodied tafsir: South African Muslim women confront gender violence in marriage / Saʼdiyyah Shaikh -- Changing conceptions of moral womanhood in Somali popular songs, 1960-1990 / Lidwien Kapteijns -- Guidelines for the ideal mu slim woman: gender ideology and practice in the Tabligh Jamaʻat in the Gambia / Marloes Janson -- Titanic in Kano: video, gender, and Islam / Heike Behrend -- Shariʻa activism and Zina in Nigeria in the era of hudud / Margot Badran -- Women and men put Islamic law to their own use: monogamy versus secret marriage in Mauritania / Corinne Fortier -- Islam, gender, and democracy in Morocco: the making of the mudawana reform / Julie E. Pruzan-Jørgensen -- Family law reform in Mali: contentious debates and elusive outcomes / Benjamin F. Soares -- Legal recognition of Muslim marriages in South Africa / Rashida Manjoo
Item Description:http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=20919
Includes index
ISBN:0804774811