Revisiting Muslim Womens Activism

This book traces the evolution of organisational activism among Muslim women in India. It deconstructs the Muslim woman as the monolith based on tropes like purdah, polygamy, and tin talaq and compels the reader to revisit the question of Muslim women s individual and collective agency.

Autorentext

Esita Sur teaches political science at Scottish Church College, Kolkata, India. She specialises in gender, women's studies, minority identity, religion, politics, and political theory. She has completed her PhD in political science from the University of Calcutta in 2019. She has participated in many national and international seminars and conferences and published in esteemed national and international journals. She has recently coordinated a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Administration and Public Policy: Concepts and Theories at Swayam Platform, MHRD (2019).

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Foreword by Bonita Aleaz

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Muslim Women, Collective Activism and Politics of the Field: A Theoretical Perspective

1. Politics of an Exclusionary Field, Communal Violence and Muslim Women's Activism: A Tale of Mumbai

2. Muslim Women's Organisations: Politics of Strategic and Ideological Differences

3. Muslim Women and a Fragmented Sense of the Community: Roadblocks to Activism

4. Muslim Women and Transformative Impact of their Activism: A Journey from Personal to Collective

5. Dynamics of Muslim Women's Activism: Critical-Religion-Centric Activism

Conclusion: Decoding Muslim Women: Towards a New Activism?

Index