{"product_id":"faithful-transformations-islamic-self-help-in-contemporary-singapore-paperback-softback-9780252088728","title":"Faithful Transformations; Islamic Self-Help in Contemporary Singapore (Paperback \/ softback) 9780252088728","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFaithful Transformations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIslamic Self-Help in Contemporary Singapore\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNurhaizatul Jamil (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252088728\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 1 chart\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMalay Muslim women in Singapore cultivate piety by attending popular Islamic self-help classes. Nurhaizatul Jamil’s ethnographic study offers an interdisciplinary analysis of this phenomenon. \u003cp\u003e The Islamic self-help classes in this book exist at the nexus of sacred texts, aphorisms, and social media engagements, scaffolded by the neoliberal economy that shapes idealized Muslim subjectivities. Within a context whereby the Singapore state discursively frames Malayness in terms of cultural deficiency, Malay Muslim women’s inward focus on transformative ethics rather than societal change underscores the appeal of gendered pious self-help discourses. At the same time, Jamil’s referencing of Black, Indigenous, and Ethnic studies offers a compelling analytical frame that places affective transformation within the context of racial capitalism, historical trauma, and embodied healing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A provocative and rich ethnography, \u003ci\u003eFaithful Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of Malay Muslim women desiring piety and self-improvement as minoritized subjects in contemporary Singapore while exploring the limitations of self-care. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction    “Hope Is a Discipline”?: Introducing Islamic Self-Help  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Whose Singapore Story?: Historicizing Malay-Muslim Subject-Formation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “God Tests Us with Hardship and Ease”: Self-Help Pedagogies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Eat, Pray, Love?: Racializing Affective Self-Help \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “Just Listen to Your Husband!”: Gender, Religious Authority, Agency \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Striving to Do Good Deeds Consistently: Everyday Islam, Discursive Traditions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e Coda    I’m Not Sure if I Still Want to Be a Feminist Killjoy: Thoughts on Self-Help, Ventral Vagal Regulation, and Collectivizing Care \u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739371204888,"sku":"9780252088728","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/faithful-transformations-islamic-self-help-in-contemporary-singapore-paperback-softback-9780252088728","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}