Encountering the transnational : women, Islam and the politics of interpretation / by Meena Sharify-Funk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharify-Funk, Meena.

Series:

Gender in a global/local world.

Gender in a global/local world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim women.

Women in Islam.

Islam and civil society.

Islamic modernism.

Islam--21st century.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Muslim women from diverse national and cultural contexts meet one another through transnational dialogue and networking, what happens to their sense of identity and social agency? This is a compelling account of conversations that are bringing new energy and dynamism into women's activism in a world of collapsing distances.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Mixed Messages and Multiple Agendas: The Politics of 'Women and Islam'; 3 Trends and Transformations in Contemporary Islamic Hermeneutics; 4 Identity and Interpretation: Dialogue and the Negotiation of Meaning; 5 The Transnational and the Politics of Community; 6 Muslim Society and State: The Politics of Public Space; 7 Muslim Woman as Self/Other: The Politics of Identity; 8 Conclusion: A Space for Connectivity and Dynamism; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-57947-2

1-317-14392-2

1-317-14391-4

1-281-24122-9

9786611241223

0-7546-8642-6

9781315579474

OCLC:

276222003