The History of Women's Mosques in Chinese Islam (Paperback)

This is a study of Chinese Hui Muslim women's historic and unrelenting spiritual, educational, political and gendered drive for an institutional presence in Islamic worship and leadership: 'a mosque of one's own' as a unique feature of Chinese Muslim culture. The authors place the historical origin of women's segregated religious institutions in the Chinese Islamic diaspora's fight for survival, and in their crucial contribution to the cause of ethnic/religious minority identity and solidarity. Against the presentation of complex historical developments of women's own site of worship and learning, the authors open out to contemporary problems of sexual politics within the wider society of socialist China and beyond to the history of Islam in all its cultural diversity.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2015
First published:	2001
Authors:	Maria Jaschok • Shui Jingjun Shui
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	361
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-86324-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
LSN:	1-138-86324-6
Barcode:	9781138863248

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