Gendered pilgrimage: hajj and umrah from women’s perspectives

Muslim women experience the pilgrimage to Mecca differently from their fellow males. This is not surprising when one considers the many feminist and gender-sensitive studies that have been dealing with social, political, historical, cultural, and economic issues from women’s and gendered perspective...

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1. VerfasserIn: Thimm, Viola (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Carfax Publ. 2021
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Jahr: 2021, Band: 36, Heft: 2, Seiten: 223-241
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Haddsch / ʿUmra / Frau / Geschlechterrolle
RelBib Classification:AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
BJ Islam
weitere Schlagwörter:B Umrah
B Islam
B Pilgrimage
B women’s perspectives
B Gender
B Hajj
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Zusammenfassung:Muslim women experience the pilgrimage to Mecca differently from their fellow males. This is not surprising when one considers the many feminist and gender-sensitive studies that have been dealing with social, political, historical, cultural, and economic issues from women’s and gendered perspectives. The surprising fact is the silence on the gendered experiences of Muslim pilgrimage—of hajj and umrah. This article examines fundamental differences in the experiences of female and male pilgrims related to their social relations, embodied experiences of the rituals, and socio-political positioning. The goal is to narrow the research gap regarding the Muslim pilgrimage–gender nexus on a descriptive level and to investigate contradictions between the normative approach of equality before God during pilgrimage and the lived, often oppressive, experiences of Muslim women on their pilgrimage journeys on a theoretical level.
ISSN:1469-9419
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2021.1930878