Muslims and New Media in West Africa: Pathways to God

Contents

CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgments xvii Overture 1 one “Our Nation’s Authentic Traditions”: Law Reform and Controversies over the Common Good, 1999–2006 24 two Times of Hardship: Gender Relations in a Changing Urban Economy 47 three Family Conflicts: Domestic Life Revisited by Media Practices 73 four Practicing Humanity: Social Institutions of Islamic Moral Renewal 98 five Alasira, the Path to God 136 six “Proper Believers”: Mass-mediated Constructions of Moral Community 173 seven Consuming Baraka, Debating Virtue: New Forms of Mass-mediated Religiosity 196 Epilogue 228 Notes 237 References 257 Index 291 ...