Pious Practices and Secular Constraints: Muslim Women and the Dilemmas of Citizenship in France

Activity Type: 
Lecture
Presenter: 
Jeanette S. Jouili, Visiting Assistant Professor of International & Cultural Studies, College of Charleston
Date: 
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 14:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
602 Cathedral of Learning
Contact Person: 
Linda Penkower
Contact Email: 
penkower@pitt.edu

The visible increase in religious practice among young European-born Muslims has provoked public anxiety. New government regulations seek not only to restrict Islamic practices within the public sphere, but also to shape Muslims’, and especially women’s, personal conduct. This presentation, based on Dr. Jouili’s forthcoming book, Pious Practice and Secular Constraints (Stanford, 2015), chronicles the everyday ethical struggles of women active in orthodox and socially conservative Islamic revival circles as they are torn between their quest for pious lifestyle and their aspirations to counter negative representations of Muslims within the mainstream society.

UCIS Unit: 
European Studies Center
European Union Center of Excellence
Global Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
Department of Religious Studies
Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences