The art of resistance in Islam : the performance of politics among Shi'i women in the Middle East and beyond / Yafa Shanneik, University of Birmingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shanneik, Yafa, author.

Series:

Cambridge Middle East studies ; 65.

Cambridge Middle East studies ; 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shiite women--Political activity--Middle East.

Shiite women.

Shiite women--Political activity--Great Britain.

Shīʻah--Political aspects.

Shīʻah.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Based on first-hand ethnographic insights into Shi'i religious groups in the Middle East and Europe , this book examines women's resistance to state as well as communal and gender power structures. It offers a new transnational approach to understanding gender agency within contemporary Islamic movements expressed through language, ritual practices, dramatic performances , posters and banners. By looking at the aesthetic performance of the political on the female body through Shi'i ritual practices - an aspect that has previously been ignored in studies on women's acts of resistance -, Yafa Shanneik shows how women play a central role in redefining sectarian and gender power relations both in the Middle East and in the European diaspora.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jan 2022).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009030335 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

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