Muslims and New Media in West Africa

Pathways to God

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Although Islam is not new to West Africa, new patterns of domestic economies, the promise of political liberalization, and the proliferation of new media have led to increased scrutiny of Islam in the public sphere. Dorothea E. Schulz shows how new media have created religious communities that are far more publicly engaged than they were in the past. Muslims and New Media in West Africa expands ideas about religious life in West Africa, women's roles in religion, religion and popular culture, the meaning of religious experience in a charged environment, and how those who consume both religion and new media view their public and private selves.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-12-08
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieIndiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor328
FörlagIndiana University Press
ISBN9780253223623

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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsOverture1. "Our Nation's Authentic Traditions": Law Reform and Controversies over the Common Good, 1999–20062. Times of Hardship: Gender Relations in a Changing Urban Economy3. Family Conflicts: Domestic Life Revisited by Media Practices4. Practicing Humanity: Social Institutions of Islamic Moral Renewal5. Alasira, the Path to God6. "Proper Believers": Mass-mediated Constructions of Moral Community7. Consuming Baraka, Debating Virtue: New Forms of Mass-mediated ReligiosityEpilogueNotesReferencesIndex

Schulz'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)