1st Edition
Revisiting Muslim Women’s Activism Islam, Political Field and Women’s Rights
Foreword by Bonita Aleaz
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Muslim Women, Collective Activism and Politics of the Field: A Theoretical Perspective
1. Politics of an Exclusionary Field, Communal Violence and Muslim Women’s Activism: A Tale of Mumbai
2. Muslim Women’s Organisations: Politics of Strategic and Ideological Differences
3. Muslim Women and a Fragmented Sense of the Community: Roadblocks to Activism
4. Muslim Women and Transformative Impact of their Activism: A Journey from Personal to Collective
5. Dynamics of Muslim Women’s Activism: Critical-Religion-Centric Activism
Conclusion: Decoding Muslim Women: Towards a New Activism?
Index
Biography
Esita Sur teaches political science at Scottish Church College, Kolkata, India. She specialises in gender, women’s studies, minority identity, religion, politics, and political theory. She has completed her PhD in political science from the University of Calcutta in 2019. She has participated in many national and international seminars and conferences and published in esteemed national and international journals. She has recently coordinated a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Administration and Public Policy: Concepts and Theories at Swayam Platform, MHRD (2019).
