Contesting Feminisms: Gender and Islam in Asia ()

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Creates a new space for hybrid feminist analysis of Asian Muslim women’s lives. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Locating Islamic and Non-Islamic Feminisms in Asia Part I. Whose Feminism? Muslim Women Redefining “Empowerment” Part II. Contesting Feminisms and Muslim Women’s Movements in Contested Spaces Part III. Transnational Feminisms: Locating Muslim Women at the Crossroads Conclusion Notes Bibliography Part I: Whose Feminism? Muslim Women Redefining “Empowerment” 1. Muslim Women’s Leadership in Uzbekistan: Religion and Emotion Leadership and Emotions The State, Islam, and Otinchalar in Uzbekistan The Self and Identity Bibi Gul’ In and Out of Otincha “I do it” Muslim Women’s Leadership: Islamic and Islamist Feminists The Two Women: The Two Leaders Conclusion Notes Bibliography 2. Feminization of Islam? Agency and Visibility of Women in Southern Thailand’s Branch of the Tablighi Jama’at’s Missionary Movement Introduction The Theoretical Context The Tablighi Jama’at The Tablighi Jama’at in Southern Thailand Everyday Politics in Muslim Communities Women as Participants in the Da’wa Movement Concluding Remarks Notes Bibliography 3. Women’s Empowerment in the Xi’an Muslim District Introduction Comparative Ethnographies of Muslim Women Scholarship on Hui Women Structure Agency Collective Sentiment Conclusion Notes Bibliography 4. The Influence of the National Question on Gender Issues in the Muslim Areas of the Southern Philippines: Maranao Muslim Women between Retraditionalization and Islamic Resurgence Introduction Retraditionalization Women in the Sultanate System Islam and the Sultanate System Islamic Feminism Islamic Parties and the Return of the Traditional Political Elites Gender Blind Reward System Conclusion Notes Bibliography Part II: Feminisms and Muslim Women’s Movements in Contested Spaces 5. The Headscarf Ban and Muslim Women’s Rights Discourse in Turkey Introduction Personal Elaborations on the Women’s Rights Discourse Emergence of Women’s Rights Language A Campaign During Elections Two Women’s Rights Associations The Capital City Women’s Platform The Women’s Rights Association Against Discrimination (AKDER) Criticisms of the Employment of Women’s Rights Discourses Conclusion Notes Bibliography 6. Intersecting Dynamics: Representational Activism and New Mobilities among “Muslim Women” in India Introduction Problematizing an Essentialized Category—the “Muslim Woman” The Politics of Representation of “Mobility” and “Immobility” A Watershed Moment for the Muslim Women’s Movement in Postcolonial India: The Shah Bano Case and Its Aftermath Slow But Steady: A Diversification of Media Representations Discourse and Praxis: Islamic Feminism and Muslim Women’s Activism in India Conclusion Notes Bibliography Cited Websites 7. Islamic Feminism between Interpretive Freedom and Legal Codification: The Case of Sisters in Islam in Malaysia Introduction The Right to Reason Contesting Patriarchy: Sisters in Islam Legal Rationalities, Activist Potentialities Conclusion Notes Bibliography 8. Faith-based Challenges to the Women’s Movement in Pakistan Enlightened Moderation Democratic Opportunity for Islamists, Women, and Islamist Women Faith-Based Feminisms Contesting for Primacy in the Private Realm Cultural Authenticity Some Proposals of Reconciliation Notes Bibliography Periodicals and Newspapers Reports and Unpublished Papers Part III: Transnational Feminisms: Locating Muslim Women at the Crossroads 9. From Dhaka to Cincinnati: Charting Transnational Narratives of Trauma, Victimization, and Survival Introduction Bina’s Story The Faces of Hope Story Naripokkho’s Story Bibliography 10. Governance Feminism’s Imperial Misadventure: Progress, International Law, and the Security of Afghan Women Abstract Liberalism’s Daughter: Governance Feminism and the Narrative of Progress Alternatives Visions of Flourishing: Islam and Women’s Lives The Costs of Representing Muslim Women as Victims: Fractured Alliances, Imperiled Lives, and the Weak “Rights” Fractured Alliances Imperiled Lives: The Use of International Law and Force Conclusion: Weak Rights/Weak States and the Limits of the Law Notes Bibliography 11. Islam, Feminism, and Agency in Germany Today Theorizing Agency Immigrants, Feminism, and Agency Secular and Religious Feminisms Feminist Activist Agents, European Space Not Religious and of Muslim Heritage Muslim and Feminist Islamic Feminist Implications for Democratic Subjectivities Notes Bibliography Contributors Index