| ID | 160374 |
| Title Proper | Gendering ‘Everyday Islam |
| Other Title Information | an introduction |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Liebelt, Claudia |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In this introductory paper, we contribute to the important debate on 'Everyday Islam' by thinking about ways in which the everyday constitutes a useful analytical category in relation to Islam, not in contrast to studies of Islamic piety and normativity, but as co-constituted with (Islamic) morality. Secondly, drawing on a feminist critique in anthropology that is intricately linked to the discussion of the everyday in the wider Mediterranean, we seek to insert 'gender' as an analytical category into the debate on everyday Islam and quotidian life in the region, focusing on norms of femininity and the particular experiences of women. The focus on women, we argue, is especially suited to analyse the gendered dynamics in Muslim-majority societies and indeed an almost revolutionary process within Islam in recent years, namely that of women becoming knowledgeable, self-reflective and 'literate' in reference to the hermeneutics and rhetorics of Islamic texts. |
| `In' analytical Note | Contemporary Levant Vol. 3, No.1; Apr 2018: p.2-9 |
| Journal Source | Contemporary Levant Vol: 3 No 1 |
| Key Words | Everyday Islam |