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New. Through extensive field research, Elora Shehabuddin explores the profound implications of women's political and social mobilization for reshaping Islam. Specifically, she examines the lives of Muslim women in Bangladesh who have become increasingly mobilized by the activities of predominantly secular NGOs, yet who desire to retain, reclaim, and reshape-rather than reject-their faith. In their employment and in their interactions with the legal system, the state, NGOs, and political and religious groups, women are changing state practices, views of women in the public sphere, and the nature of lived Islam itself. In contrast to most work on Islam and Muslims, which has focused on the Middle East and has privileged the study of religious and legal texts, this book redirects our attention to South Asia, home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the world, and emphasizes the actual experiences of Muslims. Women and gender, as well as Bangladesh's formally democratic context, are…
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Reshaping the Holy: Democracy, Development, and Muslim Women in Bangladesh Hardcover - 2008
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- Title Reshaping the Holy: Democracy, Development, and Muslim Women in Bangladesh
- Author Elora Shehabuddin
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press
- Date 2008-07
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780231141567 / 0231141564
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.03 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Muslim women - Bangladesh - Social conditions, Muslim women - Bangladesh - Social life and
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008007059
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.486
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