Joseph Hill

Wrapping Authority

Women Islamic Leaders in a Sufi Movement in Dakar, Senegal

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Produktbeschreibung

Addressing the dominant perceptions of Islam as a conservative practise, with stringent regulations for women in particular, Joseph Hill reveals how Sufi women integrate values typically associated with pious Muslim women into their leadership.

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Produktdetails

• Anthropological Horizons
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9781487522445
• ISBN-10: 1487522444
• Artikelnr.: 49442203

Autorenporträt

Joseph Hill is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta.

Inhaltsangabe

1. An Emerging Urban Youth Movement
2. The New Muqaddamas
3. Wrapping
4. Motherhood Metamorphosis Metaphors
5. Cooking up Spiritual Leadership
6. "They Say a Woman’s Voice Is ¿Awra"
7. The Ascetic and the Mother of the Knowers
Epilogue: Islam as a Numinous, Performative Tradition