Maria Jaschok

Inside the Expressive Culture of Chinese Women's Mosques

'This Turmoil of the Soul'

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a multi-voice narrative of the history and significance of current contestations over the increasing prominence of expressive piety in Hui Muslim women's mosques in central China. It will be of considerable interest to students and scholars of Chinese society and culture, gender studies, cultural anthropology, and Islam.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 543g
• ISBN-13: 9781032618517
• ISBN-10: 1032618515
• Artikelnr.: 70601190

Autorenporträt

Maria Jaschok is Senior Research Associate of Contemporary China Studies at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Research Community of Discovery and Voice; Chapter 1. The
Songbook Of Chinese Hui Muslim Women: Recovering An Expressive Culture Of
Religious Piety; Chapter 2. Chants As A Bridge To Remembering Past Lives:
Once Learnt Never Forgotten; Chapter 3. Theorizing Silence, Voice,
Identity, And Cultural Fault-Lines: Strategies Of Silence And Powers Of
Omission; Chapter 4. Vernacularizing A Global Faith: The Happier An
Atmosphere; Chapter 5. State Power, Women's Liberation, And Traditions Of
Faith: Researching Spaces Owned, Spaces Of Possibility; Chapter 6. The
Right To Be Heard: Chants Of Turmoil, Chants Of Gladness; Chapter 7.
Remembering Chants Of Commitment: Truth Lies With Father And Mother;
Chapter 8. Sustaining Faith During Times Of Silence And Scarcity: To Live
Through Such Times; Chapter 9. A Space From Which To Speak: Harmonies And
Discords; Chapter 10. Sounding Silence And Turmoil Of The Soul: Collective
Agency And Legitimacy Of Voice; Epilogue