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.
| ISBN: | 9781316516492 |
| Publication date: | 20th January 2022 |
| Author: | Yafa Shanneik |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Middle East Studies |
| Genres: |
Middle Eastern history Religion and politics Islam Islamic life and practice Gender studies: women and girls Political activism / Political engagement |