Politics of piety : the Islamic revival and the feminist subject /

Mahmood, Saba, 1962-

Politics of piety : the Islamic revival and the feminist subject / Saba Mahmood. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005. - xvi, 233 pages ; 24 cm.

Based on the author's thesis (Stanford University, 1998).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-223) and index.

The subject of freedom -- Topography of the piety movement -- Pedagogies of persuasion -- Positive ethics and ritual conventions -- Agency, gender, and embodiment -- Epilogue -- Glossary of commonly used Arabic terms.

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