Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Janson, Marloes (1973-....)
Titre(s) : Islam, youth and modernity in the Gambia [Texte imprimé] : the Tablighi Jamaʻat / Marloes Janson
Publication : London : International African Institute ; New York : Cambridge university Press,
2014
Description matérielle : XIX-303 pages : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : International African library
Lien à la collection : International African library
Comprend : 'Life is a test, the hereafter is the best' ; 'Welcome to the smiling coast' : Muslim
politics in the Gambia ; The global meeting the local : the Tablighi Jama'at contextualized
; Back to the ghetto ; A jihad for purity ; Learning to be a good Muslim woman
; Male wives and female husbands ; Hungry for knowledge ; 'Muslims are sleeping
and we have to wake them up'.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"This monograph deals with the sweeping emergence of the Tablighi Jama'at - a transnational
Islamic missionary movement that has its origins in the reformist tradition that emerged
in India in the mid-nineteenth century - in the Gambia in the past decade. It explores
how a movement that originated in South Asia could appeal to the local Muslim population
- youth and women in particular - in a West African setting. By recording the biographical
narratives of five Gambian Tablighis, the book provides an understanding of the ambiguities
and contradictions young people are confronted with in their (re)negotiation of Muslim
identity. Together these narratives form a picture of how Gambian youth go about their
lives within the framework of neoliberal reforms and renegotiated parameters informed
by the Tablighi model of how to be a 'true' Muslim, which is interpreted as a believer
who is able to reconcile his or her faith with a modern lifestyle" ; "This monograph
deals with the sweeping emergence of the Tablighi Jama'at - a transnational Islamic
missionary movement that has its origins in the reformist tradition that emerged in
India in the mid-nineteenth century - in the Gambia in the past decade. It explores
how a movement that originated in South Asia could appeal to the local Muslim population
- youth and women in particular - in a West African setting. By recording the biographical
narratives of five Gambian Tablighis, the book provides an understanding of the ambiguities
and contradictions young people are confronted with in their (re)negotiation of Muslim
identity. Together these narratives form a picture of how Gambian youth go about their
lives within the framework of neo-liberal reforms and renegotiated parameters informed
by the Tablighi model of how to be a "true" Muslim, which is interpreted as a believer
who is able to reconcile his or her faith with a modern lifestyle"
Sujet(s) : Islam -- Gambie
Islam -- Missions
Jeunesse musulmane -- Gambie
Mouvements de jeunesse -- Gambie
Tablīghi Jamā' at
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107040571 (rel.). - ISBN 1107040574
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44321822q
Notice n° :
FRBNF44321822
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
