Submitting to God: women and Islam in urban Malaysia

"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 organizaing and participating in public programs of religious education. By organizaing new forms of collective ritual and assuming new public roles as religious teachers, these religously 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, the book challenges preconceptions of the nature of Islamization as well as current theories of female agency and power."--Back cover.

Year

2009

Language

English

Series

Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies

Publisher

University of Washington Press

Editions

1

Pages

235

ISBN

9780295989259

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