Inside the Expressive Culture of Chinese Women's Mosques

Maria Jaschok is Senior Research Associate of Contemporary China Studies at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford, UK.

• Introduction: A Research Community of Discovery and Voice; Chapter 1. The Songbook Of Chinese Hui Muslim Women: Recovering An Expressive Culture Of Religious Piety; Chapter 2. Chants As A Bridge To Remembering Past Lives: Once Learnt Never Forgotten; Chapter 3. Theorizing Silence, Voice, Identity, And Cultural Fault-Lines: Strategies Of Silence And Powers Of Omission; Chapter 4. Vernacularizing A Global Faith: The Happier An Atmosphere; Chapter 5. State Power, Women’s Liberation, And Traditions Of Faith: Researching Spaces Owned, Spaces Of Possibility; Chapter 6. The Right To Be Heard: Chants Of Turmoil, Chants Of Gladness; Chapter 7. Remembering Chants Of Commitment: Truth Lies With Father And Mother; Chapter 8. Sustaining Faith During Times Of Silence And Scarcity: To Live Through Such Times; Chapter 9. A Space From Which To Speak: Harmonies And Discords; Chapter 10. Sounding Silence And Turmoil Of The Soul: Collective Agency And Legitimacy Of Voice; Epilogue

"In this remarkable book, Jaschok takes us inside women’s mosques, allowing us to hear a multitude of expressive voices: of the ethnographer herself, her collaborators, and most importantly, communities of Muslim women. Their words and their silences alike are sources of inspiring strength."Anne Gerritsen, University of Warwick