Description
Book SynopsisDeals with gender, religion and the new urban economy
Trade ReviewSchulz's book is a solid ethnographic work that makes a significant contribution to the literature on Islam in Africa, and on the effects of media technologies on local peoples' lives both on and beyond the continent.
* Intl Jrnl African Historical Studies *
Muslims and New Media in West Africa makes a major contribution to the anthropological study of Islam as well as the study of Islam in West Africa. It adds to our knowledge of everyday practices of Islam as well as how these ordinary practices play into the creation of religious authorities.
* Journal of Relgion in Africa *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Overture
1. "Our Nation's Authentic Traditions": Law Reform and Controversies over the Common Good, 1999–2006
2. Times of Hardship: Gender Relations in a Changing Urban Economy
3. Family Conflicts: Domestic Life Revisited by Media Practices
4. Practicing Humanity: Social Institutions of Islamic Moral Renewal
5. Alasira, the Path to God
6. "Proper Believers": Mass-mediated Constructions of Moral Community
7. Consuming Baraka, Debating Virtue: New Forms of Mass-mediated Religiosity
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
