{"product_id":"engaging-modernity-ousseina-d-alidou-9780299212148","title":"Engaging Modernity: Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeizing the space opened by the early 1990s democratization movement, Muslim women are carving an active, influential, but often-overlooked role for themselves during a time of great change. \u003ci\u003eEngaging Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e provides a compelling portrait of Muslim women in Niger as they confronted the challenges and opportunities of the late twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e Based on thorough scholarly research and extensive fieldwork--including a wealth of interviews--Ousseina 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. Alidou offers a gripping look at one of the Muslim world's most powerful untold stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunner-up, Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize, Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association, 2007\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ousseina D. Alidou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299212149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299212148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Ousseina D. Alidou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096668872959,"sku":"9780299212148","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/engaging-modernity-ousseina-d-alidou-9780299212148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}