The art of resistance in Islam: the performance of politics among Shi'i women in the Middle East and beyond

Based on first-hand ethnographic insights into Shi'i religious groups in the Middle East and Europe , this book examines women's resistance to state as well as communal and gender power structures. It offers a new transnational approach to understanding gender agency within contemporary Is...

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Beteilige Person: Shanneik, Yafa ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge Middle East studies 65
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Zusammenfassung:Based on first-hand ethnographic insights into Shi'i religious groups in the Middle East and Europe , this book examines women's resistance to state as well as communal and gender power structures. It offers a new transnational approach to understanding gender agency within contemporary Islamic movements expressed through language, ritual practices, dramatic performances , posters and banners. By looking at the aesthetic performance of the political on the female body through Shi'i ritual practices - an aspect that has previously been ignored in studies on women's acts of resistance -, Yafa Shanneik shows how women play a central role in redefining sectarian and gender power relations both in the Middle East and in the European diaspora
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Umfang:xiv, 253 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781316516492
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