Female madrasas in Pakistan : religious, cultural and pedagogical dimensions / Faiza Muhammad Din.
2023
LC910.P18
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Title
Female madrasas in Pakistan : religious, cultural and pedagogical dimensions / Faiza Muhammad Din.
Author
ISBN
9781802074352 (electronic bk.)
180207435X (electronic bk.)
9781789762006 (paperback)
1789762006
180207435X (electronic bk.)
9781789762006 (paperback)
1789762006
Published
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2023.
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 224 pages)
Call Number
LC910.P18
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1388491119
Summary
"This study sets out to explain and understand the worldview of students at Female madrasas (FeM) in Pakistan. Beginning as an indigenous informal institute for female education at home, FeM has evolved to country-wide formal theological seminaries that award women graduate degrees in Islamic studies. Since the 1970s, state intervention and social engagement have influenced not only the structure of FeMs but their locations. Attendance is from all socio-economic strata of society. A recent development, especially in urban centers, is the teaching of the state curriculum to enable young students to access mainstream education. Public opinion is divided about the role of FeMs in society. Some believe that FeMs confine women into the domestic realm; others view FeMs as a move forward into modernity, as they educate the least educated sectors of society. The author uses the lens of language and gender to explore why such divergent views exist about FeMs. Specifically, language and vocabulary has served as a powerful factor for restricting women to their traditional roles. Madrasas have a profound effect on Pakistani society at large, as they respond to the immediate socio-political and economic needs of the community. In the last two decades many books were produced about male madrasas in Pakistan. However, one focusing on women's madrasas exclusively was needed, because currently the number of female students enrolled in madrasas is higher than the male students. This unique book is rooted in the authors experience of studying at an FeM. She entered a madrasa with a yearning to be closer to God, to know the book revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, and to learn what he said and did. A constant throughout her studies was the recognition that acquiring knowledge is one of the highest acts of righteousness according to the Prophet Muhammad." --ProQuest Ebook Central.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface by series editor Mina Roces
Acknowledgments
Notes on the Transliteration
Introduction
Madrasa
Chapter summaries
Determining the number of madrasas
Enumerating as a taming strategy
Bureaucracy and madrasas
Popularity of FeM
Summary
1 Historical Context and Fieldwork
Sources which inform this book
Female madrasas visited during fieldwork
Curriculum
Male vis-à-vis female curriculum
Moralizing value literature for women (ʼĀdāb)
The secluded female curriculum and consequences
Teaching methods and teacher training at FeM
Male teachers
Daily routine at FeM
Free-time activities
Efforts to modernize madrasas from within
Challenges in fieldwork
2 Writings of Madrasa Students: A Glimpse into their Worldview
Domestic didactics
Motherhood and family
Illness and healing
Prayers for safety from supernatural forces
Challenges in the domestic realm
Pious partnerships
Marriage and relationship problems
Polygamy
Food preparation and consumption as expressions of piety
3 Language as a Perspective to Understand FeM
The Ideal Muslimah
Taʻlīm wa tarbīya: Speech and practice joining hands
Alienation from the curriculum and education system
Resistance through preservation
The impact of prevalent gender roles on FeM
Thinking through the 'institutional brain'
Visible and audible markers of piety and modesty
Identity via male kin: Veiling the female name
Narratives of transformation
Avoiding avenues to fitnā
Identity shaped via the evil Other
Vocabulary used for women
The female role model and prescribed consumption behaviors
Creativity embedded in language use
Co-existence and exclusivity within identity
Language and power
4 Writings of FeM Graduates
Language: The glue for power structures
Religions and misogyny
View of Islamic History
Sectarian identities
FeM graduates' writings as a lens for their worldview
Veiling and the urban middle class
Modest identities, veiled bodies: Student responses
Dress as a symbol of piety
Continuities and changes in gender perceptions
FeMs and the legacy of Orientalism
The intersection of gender and religion
Conclusion
The question of the agency of female scholars of Islam
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Acknowledgments
Notes on the Transliteration
Introduction
Madrasa
Chapter summaries
Determining the number of madrasas
Enumerating as a taming strategy
Bureaucracy and madrasas
Popularity of FeM
Summary
1 Historical Context and Fieldwork
Sources which inform this book
Female madrasas visited during fieldwork
Curriculum
Male vis-à-vis female curriculum
Moralizing value literature for women (ʼĀdāb)
The secluded female curriculum and consequences
Teaching methods and teacher training at FeM
Male teachers
Daily routine at FeM
Free-time activities
Efforts to modernize madrasas from within
Challenges in fieldwork
2 Writings of Madrasa Students: A Glimpse into their Worldview
Domestic didactics
Motherhood and family
Illness and healing
Prayers for safety from supernatural forces
Challenges in the domestic realm
Pious partnerships
Marriage and relationship problems
Polygamy
Food preparation and consumption as expressions of piety
3 Language as a Perspective to Understand FeM
The Ideal Muslimah
Taʻlīm wa tarbīya: Speech and practice joining hands
Alienation from the curriculum and education system
Resistance through preservation
The impact of prevalent gender roles on FeM
Thinking through the 'institutional brain'
Visible and audible markers of piety and modesty
Identity via male kin: Veiling the female name
Narratives of transformation
Avoiding avenues to fitnā
Identity shaped via the evil Other
Vocabulary used for women
The female role model and prescribed consumption behaviors
Creativity embedded in language use
Co-existence and exclusivity within identity
Language and power
4 Writings of FeM Graduates
Language: The glue for power structures
Religions and misogyny
View of Islamic History
Sectarian identities
FeM graduates' writings as a lens for their worldview
Veiling and the urban middle class
Modest identities, veiled bodies: Student responses
Dress as a symbol of piety
Continuities and changes in gender perceptions
FeMs and the legacy of Orientalism
The intersection of gender and religion
Conclusion
The question of the agency of female scholars of Islam
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Series
Sussex library of Asian and Asian American studies.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Din, Faiza Muhammad Female Madrasas in Pakistan Liverpool : Liverpool University Press,c2023
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