Contesting feminisms : gender and Islam in Asia / edited by Huma Ahmed-Ghosh ; contributors, Huma Ahmed-Ghosh [and eleven others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ahmed-Ghosh, Huma, editor, contributor.

Series:

Genders in the global south.

SUNY series, Genders in the Global South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim women--Asia--Social conditions.

Muslim women.

Feminism--Asia.

Feminism.

Feminism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contesting Feminisms explores how Asian Muslim women make decisions on appropriating Islam and Islamic lifestyles through their own participation in the faith. The contributors highlight the fact that secularism has provided the space for some women to reclaim their religious identity and their own feminisms. Through compelling case studies and theoretical discussions, this volume challenges mainstream Western and national feminisms that presume homogeneity of Muslim women's lives to provide a deeper understanding of the multiple realities of feminism in Muslim communities.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Locating Islamic and Non-Islamic Feminisms in Asia; Part I. Whose Feminism? Muslim Women Redefining "Empowerment"; Part II. Contesting Feminisms and Muslim Women's Movements in Contested Spaces; Part III. Transnational Feminisms: Locating Muslim Women at the Crossroads; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Part I: Whose Feminism? Muslim Women Redefining "Empowerment"; 1. Muslim Women's Leadership in Uzbekistan: Religion and Emotion; Leadership and Emotions; The State, Islam, and Otinchalar in Uzbekistan; The Self and Identity; Bibi Gul'

In and Out of Otincha"I do it"; Muslim Women's Leadership: Islamic and Islamist Feminists; The Two Women: The Two Leaders; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 2. Feminization of Islam? Agency and Visibility of Women in Southern Thailand's Branch of the Tablighi Jama'at's Missionary Movement; Introduction; The Theoretical Context; The Tablighi Jama'at; The Tablighi Jama'at in Southern Thailand; Everyday Politics in Muslim Communities; Women as Participants in the Da'wa Movement; Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; 3. Women's Empowerment in the Xi'an Muslim District; Introduction

Comparative Ethnographies of Muslim Women Scholarship on Hui Women; Structure; Agency; Collective Sentiment; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 4. The Influence of the National Question on Gender Issues in the Muslim Areas of the Southern Philippines: Maranao Muslim Women between Retraditionalization and Islamic Resurgence; Introduction; Retraditionalization; Women in the Sultanate System; Islam and the Sultanate System; Islamic Feminism; Islamic Parties and the Return of the Traditional Political Elites; Gender Blind Reward System; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography

Part II: Feminisms and Muslim Women's Movements in Contested Spaces5. The Headscarf Ban and Muslim Women's Rights Discourse in Turkey; Introduction; Personal Elaborations on the Women's Rights Discourse; Emergence of Women's Rights Language; A Campaign During Elections; Two Women's Rights Associations; The Capital City Women's Platform; The Women's Rights Association Against Discrimination (AKDER); Criticisms of the Employment of Women's Rights Discourses; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 6. Intersecting Dynamics: Representational Activism and New Mobilities among "Muslim Women" in India

Introduction Problematizing an Essentialized Category-the "Muslim Woman"; The Politics of Representation of "Mobility" and "Immobility"; A Watershed Moment for the Muslim Women's Movement in Postcolonial India: The Shah Bano Case and Its Aftermath; Slow But Steady: A Diversification of Media Representations; Discourse and Praxis: Islamic Feminism and Muslim Women's Activism in India; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Cited Websites; 7. Islamic Feminism between Interpretive Freedom and Legal Codification: The Case of Sisters in Islam in Malaysia; Introduction; The Right to Reason

Contesting Patriarchy: Sisters in Islam

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438457949

1438457944

OCLC:

921143340