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Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria (African Expressive Cultures)

Elisha P. Renne

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Description:Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria tells the story of Islamic reform from the perspective dress, textile production and trade, and pilgrimage, over the past 200 years. As Islamic reformers have sought various means to address societal problems such as poverty, inequality, ignorance, unemployment, extravagance, and corruption, they have used textiles as a means to express their religious positions on these concerns. From the early indigo trade to the thriving textile mill industry, northern Nigeria has been a center for Islamic practice as well as a place where everything from women's hijabs, turbans, clothing without buttons or zippers, short pants, and military uniforms have become an expression of Islam.Elisha P. Renne presents the complicated politics of Islamic reform through the history of dress. She argues that material distinctions, along with an understanding of the religious ideology and the political economic context from which successive Islamic reform groups emerged, are important components for understanding how people in northern Nigeria have continued to seek a proper Islamic way of being in the world and how they imagine their futures--spiritually, economically, politically, and environmentally.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria (African Expressive Cultures). To get started finding Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria (African Expressive Cultures), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria tells the story of Islamic reform from the perspective dress, textile production and trade, and pilgrimage, over the past 200 years. As Islamic reformers have sought various means to address societal problems such as poverty, inequality, ignorance, unemployment, extravagance, and corruption, they have used textiles as a means to express their religious positions on these concerns. From the early indigo trade to the thriving textile mill industry, northern Nigeria has been a center for Islamic practice as well as a place where everything from women's hijabs, turbans, clothing without buttons or zippers, short pants, and military uniforms have become an expression of Islam.Elisha P. Renne presents the complicated politics of Islamic reform through the history of dress. She argues that material distinctions, along with an understanding of the religious ideology and the political economic context from which successive Islamic reform groups emerged, are important components for understanding how people in northern Nigeria have continued to seek a proper Islamic way of being in the world and how they imagine their futures--spiritually, economically, politically, and environmentally.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria (African Expressive Cultures). To get started finding Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria (African Expressive Cultures), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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