| Islam and Gender in Colonial Northeast Africa: Sittī 'Alawiyya, the Uncrowned Queen Contributor(s): Bruzzi, Silvia (Author) |
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ISBN: 900434800X ISBN-13: 9789004348004 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $127.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - General - History | Social History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Series: Islam in Africa |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (1.05 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Islam and Gender in Colonial Northeast Africa, Silvia Bruzzi provides an account of Islamic movements and gender dynamics in the context of colonial rule in Northeast Africa. The thread that runs through the book is the life and times of Sittī 'Alawiyya al-Mīrġanī (1892-1940), a representative of a well-established transnational Sufi order in the Red Sea region. Silvia Bruzzi gives us not only a social history of the colonial encounter in the Eritrean colony, but also a wider historical account of supra-regional dynamics across the Red Sea, the Ethiopian hinterland, and the Mediterranean region, using a wide range of fragmentary historical materials to make an important contribution towards filling the gap that currently exists in women's and gender history in Muslim societies. |