Hidden in the Household: Gender and Class in the Study of Islam in Africa

• Published in: Canadian journal of African studies Vol. 42; no. 2-3; pp. 508 - 545
• Main Author: Ann McDougall, E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Toronto Routledge 01.01.2008; Canadian Association of African Studies; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: African culture; African languages; African studies; Children; Culture; Developing "Themes": Historry of Islam in Africa; History; Households; Islam; Islamization; Men; Muslims; Religion; Religious conversion; Slave children; Slavery; Slaves; Women; Africa

The household, if understood in a dynamic multi-status, multi-generational, multi-cultural, "gendered" way, can provide a conceptual framework for reinterpreting practices, processes, and patterns of Islamization in Africa. This framework contrasts with the one privileged in literature tha...