Inside the Expressive Culture of Chinese Women's Mosques: 'This Turmoil of the Soul'

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. It will be of considerable interest to students and scholars of Chinese society and culture, gender studies, cultural anthropology, and Islam. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Dedication Table of Contents Explanatory Notes Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Chants List of Acronyms 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 Learned 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 Scarcity and Silence: 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 Glossary Index