The art of resistance in Islam : the performance of politics among Shi'i women in the Middle East and beyond
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The art of resistance in Islam : the performance of politics among Shi'i women in the Middle East and beyond
（Cambridge Middle East studies, 65）
Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-241) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Based on first-hand ethnographic insights into Shi'i religious groups in the Middle East and Europe , this book examines women's resistance to state as well as communal and gender power structures. It offers a new transnational approach to understanding gender agency within contemporary Islamic movements expressed through language, ritual practices, dramatic performances , posters and banners. By looking at the aesthetic performance of the political on the female body through Shi'i ritual practices - an aspect that has previously been ignored in studies on women's acts of resistance -, Yafa Shanneik shows how women play a central role in redefining sectarian and gender power relations both in the Middle East and in the European diaspora.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Trajectories of Shi'is in the Gulf and their presence in Europe
- 2. The rites of mourning within Shi'i Islam
- 3. Performing the sacred: emotions, the body, and visuality
- 4. Aestheticisation of politics: the case of tatbir
- 5. Fatima's apparition: power relations within female ritual spaces
- 6. The power of the word: the politicisation of language
- 7. Conclusion.
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