02983nam 2200661 a 450 991046353330332120200520144314.01-280-12437-797866135282300-253-00554-X(CKB)3170000000046318(EBL)670309(OCoLC)775866840(SSID)ssj0000600888(PQKBManifestationID)11428242(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600888(PQKBWorkID)10600612(PQKB)11439946(MiAaPQ)EBC670309(OCoLC)769101874(MdBmJHUP)muse18551(Au-PeEL)EBL670309(CaPaEBR)ebr10519686(CaONFJC)MIL352823(EXLCZ)99317000000004631820110615d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMuslims and new media in West Africa[electronic resource] pathways to God /Dorothea E. SchulzBloomington ;Indianapolis Indiana University Press20121 online resource (328 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-22362-8 0-253-35715-2 Includes bibliographical references and index."Our nation's authentic traditions": law reform and controversies over the common good, 1999-2006 -- Times of hardship: gender relations in a changing urban economy -- Family conflicts: domestic life revisited by media practices -- Practicing humanity: social institutions of Islamic moral renewal -- Alasira, the path to God -- "Proper believers": mass-mediated constructions of moral community -- Consuming baraka, debating virtue: new forms of mass-mediated religiosity.Although Islam is not new to West Africa, new patterns of domestic economies, the promise of political liberalization, and the proliferation of new media have led to increased scrutiny of Islam in the public sphere. Dorothea E. Schulz shows how new media have created religious communities that are far more publicly engaged than they were in the past. Muslims and New Media in West Africa expands ideas about religious life in West Africa, women's roles in religion, religion and popular culture, the meaning of religious experience in a charged environment, and how those who consume both religiIslamAfrica, WestWomen in IslamAfrica, WestIslamMaliWomen in IslamMaliElectronic books.IslamWomen in IslamIslamWomen in Islam297.082/096623Schulz Dorothea Elisabeth876416MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463533303321Muslims and new media in West Africa1957087UNINA