Faithful transformations: Islamic self-help in contemporary Singapore
"Malay Muslim women in Singapore cultivate piety by attending popular Islamic self-help classes. Nurhaizatul Jamil's ethnographic study offers an interdisciplinary analysis of this phenomenon. The Islamic self-help classes in this book exist at the nexus of sacred texts, aphorisms, and soc...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Urbana Chicago Springfield
University of Illinois Press
[2025]
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
| Series/Journal: | Dissident feminisms
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Singapore
/ Malays
/ Muslim woman
/ Islam
/ Self-help group
/ Faith
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| Further subjects: | B
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Religious aspects
Islam
B Muslim Women (Singapore) Social conditions B Women, Malay (Singapore) Social conditions |
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| Summary: | "Malay Muslim women in Singapore cultivate piety by attending popular Islamic self-help classes. Nurhaizatul Jamil's ethnographic study offers an interdisciplinary analysis of this phenomenon. The Islamic self-help classes in this book exist at the nexus of sacred texts, aphorisms, and social media engagements, scaffolded by the neoliberal economy that shapes idealized Muslim subjectivities. Within a context whereby the Singapore state discursively frames Malayness in terms of cultural deficiency, Malay Muslim women's inward focus on transformative ethics rather than societal change underscores the appeal of gendered pious self-help discourses. At the same time, Jamil's referencing of Black, Indigenous, and Ethnic studies offers a compelling analytical frame that places affective transformation within the context of racial capitalism, historical trauma, and embodied healing. A provocative and rich ethnography, Faithful Transformations tells the stories of Malay Muslim women desiring piety and self-improvement as minoritized subjects in contemporary Singapore while exploring the limitations of self-care"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 250 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-08872-8 978-0-252-04661-2 |
