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Book/Printed Material Inside the expressive culture of Chinese women's mosques : 'this turmoil of the soul'

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Title

  • Inside the expressive culture of Chinese women's mosques : 'this turmoil of the soul'

Summary

  • "This book presents a multi-voice narrative of the history and significance of current contestations over the increasing prominence of expressive piety in Hui Muslim women's mosques in central China. By drawing on a 'Song Book' of chants, collected from the tradition of women's mosques, as context it reveals just how the increasing prominence of female voices has given rise to considerable misgivings among senior religious leaders over the potential destabilisation of orthodox Islamic gendered practices. Providing a historical introduction to the place and function of Islamic chants, jingge and zansheng, the book gives a conceptual framing of female silence, sound, and agency in local translations of Confucian and Islamic precepts, and women's personal accounts of the role played by traditional and modern soundscapes in transmitting and celebrating Islamic knowledge and faith. As a study of women's soundscapes and the significance of legitimacy, ambiguities, and implications of female sound, this book will be of considerable interest to students and scholars of Chinese society and culture, gender studies, cultural anthropology, and Islam"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Jaschok, Maria, author

Created / Published

  • London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2025.

Contents

  • The songbook of Chinese Hui Muslim women -- Chants as a bridge to remembering past lives -- Theorizing silence, voice, identity, and cultural fault-lines.

Headings

  • -  Muslim women--China--History
  • -  Mosques--China--History
  • -  Chants--China--History and criticism
  • -  Islamic music--China--History and criticism
  • -  Hui (Chinese people)--China--Religion

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP188.18.W65

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024020763

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  • Unrestricted online access.

Online Format

  • epub
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Jaschok, Maria, Author. Inside the expressive culture of Chinese women's mosques: 'this turmoil of the soul'. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2025. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024020763/.

APA citation style:

Jaschok, M. (2025) Inside the expressive culture of Chinese women's mosques: 'this turmoil of the soul'. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024020763/.

MLA citation style:

Jaschok, Maria, Author. Inside the expressive culture of Chinese women's mosques: 'this turmoil of the soul'. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2025. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024020763/>.