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Shirin Edwin
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Northwestern Univ Pr
Publication date
September 15, 2016
Pages
264
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780810133686
ISBN-10
0810133687
Dimensions
0 by 6 by 9 in.
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$99.95
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university press
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Privately Empowered responds to the lack of adequate attention paid to Islam in Africa in comparison to Islam in the Middle East and the Arab world. Shirin Edwin points to the tight embrace between Islam and politics that has rendered Islamic feminist discourse historically and thematically contextualized in regions where Islamic feminism evolves in tandem with the nation-state and is commonly understood in terms of activism, social affiliations, or struggles for legal reform. In Africa itself, Islam bears the burden of being a âforeignâ presence that is considered injurious to African Muslim womenâs success. Edwin examines the fictional works of the northern Nigerian novelists Zaynab Alkali, Abubakar Gimba, and Hauwa Ali due to the textsâ emphases on personal and private engagement, Islamic ritual and prayer in the quotidian, and observance of Qurâanic injunctions. Analysis of these texts connects the ways in which Muslim women in northern Nigeria balance their spiritual habits in ever changing configurations of their personal and private domains. The spiritual universe of African Muslim women may be one where Islam is not the source of their problems or their legislative and political activity, but a spiritual activity that can exist devoid of activist or political forms.
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from Northwestern Univ Pr (September 15, 2016)
9780810133686 | details & prices | 264 pages | List price $99.95
About: Privately Empowered responds to the lack of adequate attention paid to Islam in Africa in comparison to Islam in the Middle East and the Arab world.
About: Privately Empowered responds to the lack of adequate attention paid to Islam in Africa in comparison to Islam in the Middle East and the Arab world.
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