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 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009015699
• ISBN13: 9781009015691
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"