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001 2013027547
003 DLC
005 20140620082351.0
008 130710s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013027547
020 $a9781107040571 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dDLC$erda
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050 00 $aBP170.85$b.J37 2014
082 00 $a297.6/5096651$223
084 $aSOC002010$2bisacsh
100 1 $aJanson, Marloes.
245 10 $aIslam, youth and modernity in the Gambia :$bthe Tablighi Jamaʻat /$cMarloes Janson.
264 1 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2014
300 $axix, 303 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aThe international african library
520 $a"This monograph deals with the sweeping emergence of the Tablighi Jama'at - a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has its origins in the reformist tradition that emerged in India in the mid-nineteenth century - in the Gambia in the past decade. It explores how a movement that originated in South Asia could appeal to the local Muslim population - youth and women in particular - in a West African setting. By recording the biographical narratives of five Gambian Tablighis, the book provides an understanding of the ambiguities and contradictions young people are confronted with in their (re)negotiation of Muslim identity. Together these narratives form a picture of how Gambian youth go about their lives within the framework of neoliberal reforms and renegotiated parameters informed by the Tablighi model of how to be a 'true' Muslim, which is interpreted as a believer who is able to reconcile his or her faith with a modern lifestyle"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"This monograph deals with the sweeping emergence of the Tablighi Jama'at - a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has its origins in the reformist tradition that emerged in India in the mid-nineteenth century - in the Gambia in the past decade. It explores how a movement that originated in South Asia could appeal to the local Muslim population - youth and women in particular - in a West African setting. By recording the biographical narratives of five Gambian Tablighis, the book provides an understanding of the ambiguities and contradictions young people are confronted with in their (re)negotiation of Muslim identity. Together these narratives form a picture of how Gambian youth go about their lives within the framework of neo-liberal reforms and renegotiated parameters informed by the Tablighi model of how to be a "true" Muslim, which is interpreted as a believer who is able to reconcile his or her faith with a modern lifestyle"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. 'Life is a test, the hereafter is the best'; 2. 'Welcome to the smiling coast': Muslim politics in the Gambia; 3. The global meeting the local: the Tablighi Jama'at contextualized; 4. Back to the ghetto; 5. A jihad for purity; 6. Learning to be a good Muslim woman; 7. Male wives and female husbands; 8. Hungry for knowledge; 9. 'Muslims are sleeping and we have to wake them up'.
610 20 $aTablighi Jamaʻat.
650 0 $aIslam$zGambia.
650 0 $aIslam$xMissions.
650 0 $aMuslim youth$zGambia.
650 0 $aYouth movements$zGambia.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/40571/cover/9781107040571.jpg