Queering the 'Greater Jihad': Sufi Resistance and Disruptive Morality in Senegalese Women's Soccer

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Title:	Queering the 'Greater Jihad': Sufi Resistance and Disruptive Morality in Senegalese Women's Soccer
Author:	Packer, Beth D.
Book title:	Gender and Sexuality in Senegalese Societies: Critical Perspectives and Methods
Year:	2019
Pages:	53-76
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Senegal
Subjects:	homosexuality Islam
Abstract:	This chapter explores queer formations in relation to Islamic morality through the lens of women's soccer in Senegal. Through ethnographic evidence I argue that Senegalese female soccer players challenge gender and sexuality norms prescribed by Islam from within a Sufi framework of resistance.