Submitting to God: Women and Islam in Urban Malaysia (Critical

Submitting to God: Women and Islam in Urban Malaysia (Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies)

In recent decades, Malaysia has been profoundly changed both by forces of globalization, modernization, and industrialization and by a strong Islamization process. Some would argue that the situation of Malay women has worsened, but such a conclusion is challenged by this study of the everyday religious practice of pious women within Kuala Lumpur's affluent Malay middle class. Here, women play an active part in the Islamization process, not only by heightened personal religiosity but also by organizing and participating in public programs of religious education.

By organizing new forms of collective ritual and assuming new public roles as religious teachers, these religiously educated women are transforming the traditionally male-dominated gendered space of the mosque and breaking men's monopoly over positions of religious authority. Exploring this situation, Submitting to God challenges preconceptions of the nature of Islamization as well as current theories of female agency and power.
Country USA
Brand University of Washington Press
Manufacturer University of Washington
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2009-08-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780295989259

Country	USA
Brand	University of Washington Press
Manufacturer	University of Washington
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2009-08-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780295989259

Submitting to God: Women and Islam in Urban Malaysia (Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies)