Women and Islamic revival in a West African town /
Masquelier, Adeline Marie, 1960-
Women and Islamic revival in a West African town / Adeline Masquelier. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009. - xxviii, 343 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780253353665 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253215130 (pbk : alk. paper)
Muslim women--Social conditions.--Niger--Dogondoutchi
Women--Social conditions.--Niger--Dogondoutchi
ISLAM--Niger--Dogondoutchi.
Dogondoutchi (Niger)--Social conditions.
305.48/697096626
Women and Islamic revival in a West African town / Adeline Masquelier. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009. - xxviii, 343 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780253353665 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253215130 (pbk : alk. paper)
Muslim women--Social conditions.--Niger--Dogondoutchi
Women--Social conditions.--Niger--Dogondoutchi
ISLAM--Niger--Dogondoutchi.
Dogondoutchi (Niger)--Social conditions.
305.48/697096626