An Analysis of Saba Mahmood's Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject

by Jessica Johnson and Ian Fairweather

Saba Mahmood's 2005 Politics of Piety is an excellent example of evaluation in action.

Mahmood's book is a study of women's participation in the Islamic revival across the Middle East. Mahmood - a feminist social anthropologist with left-wing, secular political values - wanted to understand why women should become such active participants in a movement that seemingly promoted their subjugation. As Mahmood observed, women's active participation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912128543
• ISBN13: 9781912128549
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Macat Library
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"