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Wrapping authority : women Islamic leaders in a Sufi movement in Dakar, Senegal /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, Joseph (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Colección:Anthropological horizons.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Transliteration Note; Glossary; Introduction; 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 ʻAwra"; 7 The Ascetic and the Mother of the Knowers; Epilogue: Islam as a Numinous, Performative Tradition; Notes; References; Index