Moroccan Female Religious Agents

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42988-8
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World

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
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen

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).