Perceptions of Self, Power, & Gender Among Muslim Women - Narratives from a Rural Community in Bangladesh

This book analyzes perceptions of self, power, agency, and gender of Muslim women in a rural community of Bangladesh. Rural women's limited power and agency has been subsumed within the male dominated Islamic discourses on gender. However, many Muslim women have their own alternative discourses surrounding power and agency. Sarwar Alam intertwines an exploration of these power dynamics with reading of the Qur'an and Hadith, and analyzes how Muslim women's perception of power and gender are linked to their relationship with religion.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Geography and Demography.- Chapter 3: Self, Identity, and Individuality.- Chapter 4: Women's Perceptions of Agency and Power.- Chapter 5: Sources of Power and Agency.- Chapter 6: Barriers to Women's Power and Agency.- Chapter 7: Construction of Gender and Gender Ideology.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

About the author

Sarwar Alam is a lecturer at the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies of the University of Arkansas, USA.

Summary

This book analyzes perceptions of self, power, agency, and gender of Muslim women in a rural community of Bangladesh. Rural women’s limited power and agency has been subsumed within the male dominated Islamic discourses on gender. However, many Muslim women have their own alternative discourses surrounding power and agency. Sarwar Alam intertwines an exploration of these power dynamics with reading of the Qur’an and Hadith, and analyzes how Muslim women’s perception of power and gender are linked to their relationship with religion.

Product details

• Authors: Sarwar Alam
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319737904
• ISBN: 978-3-31-973790-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 218 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 534 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 288 p. 5 illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Islam, B, Women, Sociology of Religion, Theology, Social & cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Islamic Theology, Religion and Philosophy, Islam—Doctrines, Gender studies: women & girls, Women's Studies, Religion and Gender, Gender identity—Religious aspects