Engaging modernity : Muslim women and the politics of agency in postcolonial Niger / Ousseina D. Alidou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alidou, Ousseina.

Series:

Women in Africa and the diaspora.

Women in Africa and the diaspora

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim women--Niger.

Muslim women.

Muslim women--Education--Niger.

Women--Political activity--Niger.

Women.

Women in Islam--Niger.

Women in Islam.

Women and war--Niger.

Women and war.

Women--Niger--Social conditions--21st century.

Sex role--Niger.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

xxi, 235 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Engaging Modernity is Ousseina Alidou's rich and compelling portrait of Muslim women in Niger as they confront the challenges and opportunities of the twentieth century. Contrary to Western stereotypes of passive subordination, these women are taking control of their own lives and resisting domination from indigenous traditions, westernization, and Islam alike. Based on thorough scholarly research and extensive fieldwork-including a wealth of interviews-Alidou's work offers insights into the meaning of modernity for Muslim women in Niger. Mixing biography with sociological data, social theory and linguistic analysis, this is a multilayered vision of political Islam, education, popular culture, and war and its aftermath. A gripping look at one of the Muslim world's most powerful untold stories.Runner-up for the Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize, Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

When Kuble (Seclusion) Literacy Invades the Electronic Space

Women and the Political Economy of Education

Politics, Popular Culture, and Women Performing Artists

Cinderella Goes to the Sahel

Islamisms, the Media, and Women's Public Discursive Practices

Through the Eyes of Agaisha

Conclusion

Appendix A

Appendix B

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.

ISBN:

9786612269905

9781282269903

1282269909

9780299212131

0299212130

OCLC:

229439602