The Art of Resistance in Islam: The Performance of Politics Among Shi'i Women in the Middle East and Beyond

by Yafa Shanneik

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316516490
• ISBN13: 9781316516492
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"