| Description |
xxviii, 343 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-332) and index. |
| Contents |
Gender and Islam in Dogondoutchi -- "Those who pray": religious transformations in the colonial and early postcolonial period -- Debating Muslims, disputed practices: the new public face of Islam -- When charisma comes to town: Malam Awal or the making of a modern saint -- Building a mosque in the home of a spirit: changing topographies of power and piety -- How is a girl to marry without a bed? Weddings, wealth, and women's value -- Fashioning Muslimhood: dress, modesty, and the construction of the virtuous woman -- "The fart does not light the fire": "bad" women, "true" believers, and the reconfiguration of moral domesticity. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Muslim women -- Niger -- Dogondoutchi -- Social conditions.
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Women -- Niger -- Dogondoutchi -- Social conditions.
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Islam -- Niger -- Dogondoutchi.
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Dogondoutchi (Niger) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780253353665 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780253215130 (pbk : alk. paper) |
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