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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818996503321

Autore

Sharify-Funk Meena

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-315-57947-2

1-317-14392-2

1-317-14391-4

1-281-24122-9

9786611241223

0-7546-8642-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Gender in a global/local world

Disciplina

305.48/697

Soggetti

Muslim women

Women in Islam

Islam and civil society

Islamic modernism

Islam - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.