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Women and Islamic revival in a West African town

by Masquelier, Adeline Marie,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Indiana University Press, (Bloomington :) Physical details: xxviii, 343 p.
Subject(s): Muslim women -- Niger -- Dogondoutchi -- Social conditions. | Women -- Niger -- Dogondoutchi -- Social conditions. | Islam -- Niger -- Dogondoutchi. | Dogondoutchi (Niger) -- Social conditions. | Electronic books.
Year: 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-332) and index.

Gender and Islam in Dogondoutchi -- "Those who pray": religious transformations in the colonial and early postcolonial period -- Debating Muslims, disputed practices: the new public face of Islam -- When charisma comes to town: Malam Awal or the making of a modern saint -- Building a mosque in the home of a spirit: changing topographies of power and piety -- How is a girl to marry without a bed? Weddings, wealth, and women's value -- Fashioning Muslimhood: dress, modesty, and the construction of the virtuous woman -- "The fart does not light the fire": "bad" women, "true" believers, and the reconfiguration of moral domesticity.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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