ISBN:
978-1-316-51649-2
,
1-316-51649-0
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 253 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen.
Series Statement:
Cambridge Middle East studies 65
Series Statement:
Cambridge Middle East studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Shiite women / Political activity / Middle East
;
Shiite women / Political activity / Great Britain
;
Shīʻah / Political aspects
Abstract:
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
Note:
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