Moroccan Female Religious Agents

Old Practices and New Perspectives

AvAziza Ouguir

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del 17 i serien Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World

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Beskrivning

In Moroccan Female Religious Agents: Old Practices and New Perspectives, Ouguir studies Moroccan female religious agents in particular historical women saints and Sufis, the way they constructed powerful saintly personalities that challenged the dominant conventional norms, and the way they are received by venerators and feminist Islamist activists of modern Morocco.Through hagiographic and oral narratives, Ouguir examines the techniques religious women followed to achieve ethical self-formation and strong religious personalities that promoted them to leadership. She also examined the venerators’, murshidᾱt and Islamist feminists’ reception of women saints in their discourses. Ouguir states convincingly that Moroccan religious women agents in both Morocco’s past and present are to be highlighted for broader discourses on Muslim women and feminism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-05-23
Mått:155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt:396 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World
Antal sidor:168
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004429888

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik
Islam inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

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).

Innehållsförteckning

Preface IxAcknowledgementsNotes on Transliteration1 Introduction: Theories and Concepts1 A Review2 Research Design3 The Conceptual Background2 Sufism and Gender1 Moroccan Islam2 Approaches to Moroccan Islam3 Sufism in Relation to Gender4 Women’s Mysticism in Islamic History5 Islamic Hagiography6 Moroccan Hagiography7 Diversity, Hierarchy and Authenticity3 Moroccan Female Saints1 The Construction of Sainthood2 Types of Agency3 Women Saints: ʿAzīza ʾal-Saksāwiyya (14th Century), ʿĀʾisha ʿal-ʿIdrīsiya (16th Century) and Fāṭima Muhdūz (19th Century)4 Moroccan Women Venerators’ Reception of Historical Women Saints1 Devoted Women, Shrines and Saint Veneration2 Murshidāt and Waʿiḍāt as Religious Agents3 Murshidāt’s and Wāʿiẓāt’s Reception of Women Saints4 Murshidāt’s and Wāʿiẓāt’s Attendees5 Moroccan Feminist Activists’ Reception of Historical Women Saints1 Moroccan Feminism2 Islamist Feminist Associations3 Moroccan Feminist Activists’ Reception of Women Saints4 Islamist FeminismConclusionBibliographyIndex