Author: Yafa Shanneik
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316516490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Examining different forms of resistance among Shi'i women in the Middle East and Europe, this book studies the performance of sectarian and gender power relations as expressed in Shi'i ritual practices. It provides a new transnational approach to researching gender agency in contemporary Islamic movements in both the Middle East and Europe.