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Azza Basarudin - Humanizing the Sacred - 9780295995311 - V9780295995311
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Humanizing the Sacred

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Description for Humanizing the Sacred Hardcover. Series: Decolonizing Feminisms. Num Pages: 347 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 20 illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.

In recent years, global attention has focused on how women in communities of Muslims are revitalizing Islam by linking interpretation of religious ideas to the protection of rights and freedoms. Humanizing the Sacred demonstrates how Sunni women activists in Malaysia are fracturing institutionalized Islamic authority by generating new understandings of rights and redefining the moral obligations of their community. Based on ethnographic research of Sisters in Islam (SIS), a nongovernmental organization of professional women promoting justice and equality, Basarudin examines SIS members' involvement in the production and transmission of Islamic knowledge to reformulate legal codes and reconceptualize gender discourses. By ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
Series
Decolonizing Feminisms
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295995311
SKU
V9780295995311
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Azza Basarudin
Azza Basarudin is a research scholar at the Center for the Study of Women at the University of California Los Angeles.

Reviews for Humanizing the Sacred
"A diverse range of insightful analyses supported by feminist ideas, interviews, and histories. The book provides a solid critique of patriarchal discourses dominating Muslim identity politics in Malaysia."
Çağdaş Dedeoğlu
Religion and Gender
"Humanizing the Sacred is a welcome addition to the study of women’s movements and Islamic feminism. . . .This book is therefore a timely ... Read more

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