The Art of Resistance in Islam

The Performance of Politics among Shi'i Women in the Middle East and Beyond

• Author(s): Yafa Shanneik,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 271
• ISBN_10: 1009034685
  ISBN_13: 9781009034685
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / World / General , History / Middle East / General , Social Science / Women's Studies , Religion / Islam / Rituals & Practice , Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy , Religion / Religion, Politics & State ,

Description:... Based on first-hand ethnographic insights into Shi'i religious groups in the Middle East and Europe , this book examines women's resistance to state as well as communal and gender power structures. It offers a new transnational approach to understanding gender agency within contemporary Islamic movements expressed through language, ritual practices, dramatic performances , posters and banners. By looking at the aesthetic performance of the political on the female body through Shi'i ritual practices – an aspect that has previously been ignored in studies on women's acts of resistance -, Yafa Shanneik shows how women play a central role in redefining sectarian and gender power relations both in the Middle East and in the European diaspora.