Moroccan Female Religious Agents

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42988-8
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

Reihe: Brill

In Moroccan Female Religious Agents: Old Practices and New Perspectives, Ouguir presents a study of the way Moroccan women saints and Sufis constructed sainthood that transgressed the conventional norms and the way they are received by modern Moroccan venerators and feminist Islamists activists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ouguir, Aziza

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Theories and Concepts

2. Sufism and Gender

3. Moroccan Female Saints

4. Moroccan Women Venerators’ Reception of Historical Women Saints

5. Moroccan Feminist Activists’ Reception of Historical Women Saints

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Aziza Ouguir, Ph.D. (2013, University of Amsterdam), is an independent researcher. She is the author of “The Empowering Legacy of Women Saints: Venerators and Islamist Feminists”, in: F. Sadiqi (ed.), Moroccan Feminisms: New Perspectives (Africa World Press, 2016).