Sufi women, embodiment, and the 'self': gender in Islamic ritual
"This book is an ethnographic case study of Sufi ritual practice and embodied experience amongst female members of the Naqshbandi community. Drawing on fieldwork in Cape Town, South Africa, and Lefke, Cyprus (2013/2014), the author examines women's experiences within a particular performan...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York, NY
Routledge, Taylor & Francis
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sufism
/ Muslim woman
/ Ritual
/ Religious experience
/ Bodiliness
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
Women sufis
B Sufism Rituals B Women in Islam B Muslim Women Religious life |
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Table of Contents Literaturverzeichnis |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Rodrigues, Jamila: Sufi women, embodiment, and the 'self'. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2023. - 9780429353574 |
| Summary: | "This book is an ethnographic case study of Sufi ritual practice and embodied experience amongst female members of the Naqshbandi community. Drawing on fieldwork in Cape Town, South Africa, and Lefke, Cyprus (2013/2014), the author examines women's experiences within a particular performance of Sufi tradition. The focus is on the ritual named hadra, involving the recital of sacred texts, music, and body movement, where the goal is for the individual to reach a state of intimacy with God. The volume considers Sufi practice as a form of embodied cultural behavior, religious identity, and selfhood construction. It explains how Muslim women's participation in hadra ritual life reflects religious and cultural ideas about the body, the body's movement, and embodied selfhood expression within the ritual experience. Sufi Women, Ritual Embodiment and the 'Self' engages with studies in Sufism, symbolic anthropology, ethnography, dance, and somatic studies. Contributing to discussions of religion, gender, and the body, it will be of interest to scholars from anthropology, sociology, religious ritual studies, Sufism and gender studies, and performance studies"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0367374005 |