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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480934503321

Autore

Bruzzi Silvia

Titolo

Islam and gender in colonial northeast Africa : Sitti 'Alawiyya, the uncrowned queen / / by Silvia Bruzzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

90-04-35616-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 pages) : color illustrations, photographs, maps

Collana

Islam in Africa, , 1570-3754 ; ; Volume 21

Disciplina

297.40963

Soggetti

Sufism - Africa, Northeast - History - 20th century

Islam - Africa, Northeast - History - 20th century

Women sufis - Africa, Northeast - History - 20th century

Women in Islam - Africa, Northeast - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Sittī ʿAlawiyya al-Mīrġanī. -- Copyright page -- -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Sittī ʿAlawiyya’s shrine. -- A Note on Transliteration and Dates -- Transliteration List -- Introduction -- Islamic Renewal Movements, Colonial Occupation, and the Ḫatmiyya in the Red Sea Region -- Sufis at the Crossroads: Regional Conflicts and Colonial Penetration -- Islam, Gender and Leadership -- Fragmented, (In)Visible and (Un)Told Stories -- Sufi Women’s “Fantasy”, Performances and Fashion -- Growing Visibility in the Political Arena -- Marvels, Charisma and Modernity -- Military Bodies: Askaris, Officials and “the Female Warrior” -- A Female Icon of Muslim “Emancipation” for the Conquest of Ethiopia (1936–1941) -- Conclusion: Sufi Memories.

Sommario/riassunto

In Islam and Gender in Colonial Northeast Africa , Silvia Bruzzi provides an account of Islamic movements and gender dynamics in the context of colonial rule in Northeast Africa. The thread that runs through the book is the life and times of Sittī ‘Alawiyya al-Mīrġanī (1892-1940), a representative of a well-established transnational Sufi order in the Red Sea region. Silvia Bruzzi gives us not only a social history of the colonial



encounter in the Eritrean colony, but also a wider historical account of supra-regional dynamics across the Red Sea, the Ethiopian hinterland, and the Mediterranean region, using a wide range of fragmentary historical materials to make an important contribution towards filling the gap that currently exists in women's and gender history in Muslim societies.