03349nam 2200529 450 991082296050332120230814221604.090-04-35616-910.1163/9789004356160(CKB)4100000001053387(MiAaPQ)EBC5192495 2017040548(nllekb)BRILL9789004356160(EXLCZ)99410000000105338720180117h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierIslam and gender in colonial northeast Africa Sitti 'Alawiyya, the uncrowned queen /by Silvia BruzziLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2018.©20181 online resource (252 pages) color illustrations, photographs, mapsIslam in Africa,1570-3754 ;Volume 2190-04-34800-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Islam in Africa ;Volume 21.SufismAfrica, NortheastHistory20th centuryIslamAfrica, NortheastHistory20th centuryWomen sufisAfrica, NortheastHistory20th centuryWomen in IslamAfrica, NortheastHistory20th centurySufismHistoryIslamHistoryWomen sufisHistoryWomen in IslamHistory297.40963Bruzzi Silvia374292MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822960503321Islam and gender in colonial northeast Africa3954825UNINA