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Autore |
Mansson McGinty Anna |
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Titolo |
Becoming Muslim [[electronic resource] ] : Western women's conversions to Islam / / Anna Mansson-McGinty |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36694-3 |
9786611366940 |
0-312-37621-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2006.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Collana |
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Culture, Mind, and Society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Muslim converts from Christianity - Europe |
Muslim women - Europe - Social conditions |
Women in Islam - Europe |
Sex role - Religious aspects - Islam |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: The Individual Conversion; Chapter One: Conversion and Identity Formation; Chapter Two: A Step toward the Unknown; Chapter Three: The Conversion Narrative; Part II: Personal Worlds; Chapter Four: Personal Models of Spirituality and Social Conscience; Chapter Five: Personal Models of Gender; Chapter Six: The Veil and Alternative Femininities; Part III: Encounters; Chapter Seven: Looping Effects of Meaning; Chapter Eight: Family, Work, Sisterhood; Chapter Nine: Personal Versions of Islam; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M |
NO; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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While Islam has become a controversial topic in the West, a growing number of Westerners find powerful meaning in Islam. Becoming Muslim is an ethnographic study based on in-depth interviews with Swedish and American women who have converted to Islam. |
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