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Engaging Modernity Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger Ousseina Alidou Women in Africa and the Diaspora, Stanlie James and Aili Mari Tripp, Series Editors Runner-up, Aidoo-Schneider Book Prize, Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association, 2007 "This will change how you think about contemporary Muslim women."—Barbara Cooper, Rutgers University Engaging Modernity is Ousseina Alidou's rich and compelling portrait of Muslim women in Niger as they confront the challenges and opportunities of the twentieth century. Contrary to Western stereotypes of passive subordination, these women are taking control of their own lives and resisting domination from indigenous traditions, westernization, and Islam alike. Based on thorough scholarly research and extensive fieldwork-including a wealth of interviews—Alidou's work offers insights into the meaning of modernity for Muslim women in Niger. Mixing biography with sociological data, social theory, and linguistic analysis, this is a multilayered vision of political Islam, education, popular culture, and war and its aftermath. A gripping look at one of the Muslim world's most powerful untold stories. Ousseina Alidou is assistant professor in the Department of Africana Studies and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University and is director of the Program in African Languages and Literatures. She is coeditor of A Thousand Flowers: The Struggle for Education in African Universities and author of many articles on African linguistics, literature, and women's studies. For more information contact our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu

November 2005 LC: 2005005434 HQ 264 pp.  6 x 9  10 b/w photos ISBN 978-0-299-21210-6 Cloth $45.00 s Add titles to your shopping cart by clicking on the "Add this book to cart" link above. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with your credit card. Click here for a further explanation of the shopping cart feature Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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