Inside the Expressive Culture of Chinese Women's Mosques: 'This Turmoil of the Soul'

by Maria Jaschok

This book presents a multi-voice narrative of the history and significance of current contestations over the increasing prominence of expressive piety in Hui Muslim women's mosques in central China.

By drawing on a 'Song Book' of chants, collected from the tradition of women's mosques, as context it reveals just how the increasing prominence of female voices has given rise to considerable misgivings among senior religious leaders over the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032618515
• ISBN13: 9781032618517
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"