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Engaging Modernity: Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger (Women in Africa and the Diaspora) - Softcover

Alidou, Ousseina

 
9780299212148: Engaging Modernity: Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger (Women in Africa and the Diaspora)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0299212149 ISBN 13: 9780299212148
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2011

Synopsis

Provides a rich and compelling portrait of Muslim women in Niger as they confront the challenges and opportunities of the twentieth century. Contrary to Western stereotypes of passive subordination, these women are taking control of their own lives and resisting domination from indigenous traditions, westernisation, and Islam alike.

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About the Author

Ousseina D. Alidou is associate professor in the Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature, affiliate of the graduate faculty of the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University, and director of the Program in African Languages and Literatures. She is coeditor of A Thousand Flowers and Postconflict Reconstruction in Africa and is author of many articles on African linguistics, literature, and women&;s studies.

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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0299212149
ISBN 13 
9780299212148
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
260