Education, gender and Islam in China : the place of religious education in challenging and sustaining 'undisputed traditions' among Chinese Muslim women
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
International Journal of Educational Development
Publication Date
9-1-2009
Volume
29
Issue
5
First Page
487
Last Page
494
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd.
Keywords
Gender, Gendered education, Religious education, Role of religion
Abstract
The essay investigates the place of religious and secular education in the lives of Chinese Muslim women. Education is treated as a site where state and society are reproduced and/or challenged, where tensions arise over control of minds and bodies, and over interpretations and uses of religion and culture. Specifically, the essay compares contrastive situations of female religious education within a matrix of inter-dependent issues such as the diversity of Muslim contexts in China, state treatment of minorities' rights to religious practice and to education, organisation and implementation of religious education, and relations between secular education and Islamic education.
DOI
10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.04.004
Print ISSN
07380593
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Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Jaschok, M., & Chan, H. M. V. (2009). Education, gender and Islam in China: The place of religious education in challenging and sustaining 'undisputed traditions' among Chinese Muslim women. International Journal of Educational Development, 29(5), 487-494. doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.04.004