In Chapter 5 “Agency, Gender, and Embodiment”, the author Saba Mahmood carefully studied the cause of women’s shyness and how repeated actions could lead to the virtue of shyness of women. During the mosque movement of women, Mahmood explained how external expressions could affect and shape the internal, and how the secular women passively self-cultivated shyness.
Furthermore, Mahmood also introduced and valued Judith Butler’s concept of performativity and she learned that it does not necessary represent the mosque movement even though it is based on the concept of repeated performance for self-formation and creation of agency. Therefore, to get a better understanding of the concept of agency, Mahmood studied the relationship between women
Furthermore, Mahmood also introduced and valued Judith Butler’s concept of performativity and she learned that it does not necessary represent the mosque movement even though it is based on the concept of repeated performance for self-formation and creation of agency. Therefore, to get a better understanding of the concept of agency, Mahmood studied the relationship between women