Privately empowered: expressing feminism in Islam in Northern Nigerian fiction

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Privately Empowered responds to the lack of adequate attention paid to Islam in Africa in comparison to the Middle East and the Arab world. Shirin Edwin points to the embrace between Islam and politics that has limited Islamic feminist discourse to regions where it evolves in tandem with the nation-state and is commonly understood in terms of activism, social affiliations, or struggles for legal reform. Edwin examines the novels of Zaynab Alkali, Abubakar Gimba, and Hauwa Ali due to their emphases on personal engagement, Islamic ritual in the quotidian, and observance of Qur’anic injunctions. Analysis of these texts connects the ways Muslim women in northern Nigeria balance their spiritual habits in ever changing configurations of their private domains. The spiritual universe of African Muslim women may be one where Islam is not the source of their problems or their political activity, but a spiritual activity devoid of political forms.


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E-Book
Penulis
Shirin Edwin - Personal Name
Student ID
Dosen Pembimbing
Ulpa Fitriani M H - 199505092016011101 - Dosen Pembimbing 1
Penguji
Ulpa Fitriani M H - 198006042012121004 - Penguji 1
Kode Prodi PDDIKTI
Edisi
Departement
Kontributor
jerry - Kontributor
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English
Penerbit Northwestern University Press : Evanston, Illinois.,
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2016 by Northwestern University Press
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