Pious practice and secular constraints
Subtitle: women in the Islamic revival in Europe
By: Jeanette Selma Jouili
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780804792875; 9780804794664
Subjects: Muslim women; Religious life; Conduct of life; Islam and secularism; Islamic renewal
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Practicing Islam in inhospitable environments; title: "I want to instruct myself to strengthen my faith" : learning in Islamic institutions; title: "Your nafs pulls you down, your spirit up" : struggling for virtue; title: "My label is not a feminist, it is simply Muslim" : beyond emancipation versus submission; title: "A housewife with a diploma" : educated women in the family and the workplace; title: Visibly Muslim : negotiating appearances in public spaces; title: Pious citizens.