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

• Autore: Sharify-Funk Meena
• Pubblicazione: Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.48/697
• Soggetto topico: Muslim women; Women in Islam; Islam and civil society; Islamic modernism; Islam - 21st century
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Encountering the transnational
• ISBN: 1-315-57947-2; 1-317-14392-2; 1-317-14391-4; 1-281-24122-9; 9786611241223; 0-7546-8642-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777308503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Gender in a global/local world.