Engaging Modernity: Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger

by Ousseina Alidou and Ousseina D. Alidou

Book Overview

Engaging Modernity is Ousseina Alidou's rich and compelling portrait of Muslim women in Niger as they confront the challenges and opportunities of the twentieth century. Contrary to Western stereotypes of passive subordination, these women are taking control of their own lives and resisting domination from indigenous traditions, westernization, and Islam alike.
Based on thorough scholarly research and extensive fieldwork--including a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299212106
• ISBN13: 9780299212100
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.3"