The meta-theory of piety: Reflections on the work of Saba Mahmood

Contemporary Islam

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-83

  Bautista, Julius ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alternative discourse; Docility; Embodied agency; Muslim women; Piety; Saba Mahmood

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349098591     PISSN: 18720218     EISSN: 18720226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11562-007-0030-y     Document Type: Article

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