Acknowledgements, Division of Labour, List of Maps and Tables, Illustrations, Abbreviations, Collective Preface, PAR T I: Introduction, PAR TIl: From the Margins of Memory, PAR T II I: Women's Mosques, Nu Ahong and their Religious Culture, PART IV: Claiming Heaven, PART V: Chinese Muslim Women: Communitas, Choices, and Conversion, Appendix I Profiles of Two Leading Women's Mosques and their Religious Leadership, Appendix II Nusi in the Repuhlican Era (1912-1949), Appendix III Questioning Hui and Han Women and Men on Quality of Life (Survey), Appendix IV Unpublished Documentation on Central China's Muslim Culture and Women's Lives (lodged with Henan Provincial Library, Zhengzhou, Henan Province), Glossary, Bibliography, Index
Shui Jingjun Shui, Maria Jaschok
'Unique in several ways ... a wonderful and fascinating book.' -
Arab Studies Journal
'It represents a thoroughly researched treatment of a complex topic
and provides a wealth of material for anyone interested in the
history of Islam in China. By offering stimulating and
thought-provoking viewpoints, it establishes a valuable foundation
for future research.' - Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society'Maria
Jaschok and Shui Jingjun’s The History of Women’s Mosques in
Chinese Islam: A Mosque of Their Own tells the little-known story
of one of the most fascinating developments in the history of
Muslims in China: mosques run exclusively by women for women, known
in Chinese as nüsi...A Mosque of Their Own provides a richly
contextualized view of this unique history in which ethnoreligious
minority identity and gender issues overlap.' - Religious Studies
Review
'Unique in several ways ... a wonderful and fascinating book.' -
Arab Studies Journal
'It represents a thoroughly researched treatment of a complex topic
and provides a wealth of material for anyone interested in the
history of Islam in China. By offering stimulating and
thought-provoking viewpoints, it establishes a valuable foundation
for future research.' - Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
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