Islamic feminist reflection of pedagogy and gender praxis in South African madaris.

Patel, Nafisa

Islamic feminist reflection of pedagogy and gender praxis in South African madaris.

Master Thesis

2013

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department

Department of Religious Studies

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Abstract

This thesis explores gender discourses in elementary Islamic learning institutions in South Africa. Informed by a feminist imperative that recognizes education to be both a site for gender struggle and also a tool for change-making, this thesis adopts a feminist pedagogical approach to examine some of the ways that young Muslim girls in South Africa learn about being gendered. Drawing on theoretical insights from feminist poststructuralism, I analyze the contents of a popular learning text that has been developed for young Muslim girls in contemporary South African Deoband mad'ris (elementary religious schools).

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Includes bibliographical references.

Keywords

Religious Studies

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