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Pious formations : the Islamic revival and the subject of feminism

Saba Mahmood
Print Book, English, 2005
Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005
Case studies
pages cm
9780691086941, 9780691086958, 069108694X, 0691086958
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Case studies
Egypt Cairo
Feminism
Feminism Islamic countries
Feminism Religious aspects Islam
Femmes dans l'islam
Féminisme Pays musulmans
Gender identity
Gender identity Islamic countries
Identité sexuelle Pays musulmans
Islamic countries
Islamic renewal
Islamic renewal Egypt Cairo Case studies
Muslim women Religious life
Muslim women Religious life Egypt Cairo Case studies
Musulmanes Égypte Le Caire Vie religieuse Études de cas
Renouveau islamique Égypte Le Caire Études de cas
Women in Islam
PREFACE ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION xvii CHAPTER 1: The Subject of Freedom 1 CHAPTER 2: Topography of the Piety Movement 40 CHAPTER 3: Pedagogies of Persuasion 79 CHAPTER 4: Positive Ethics and Ritual Conventions 118 CHAPTER 5: Agency, Gender, and Embodiment 153 EPILOGUE 189 GLOSSARY OF COMMONLY USED ARABIC TERMS 201 REFERENCES 205 INDEX 225
Based on the author's thesis (Stanford University, 1998)