Becoming Muslim : Western women's conversions to Islam / / Anna Mansson-McGinty

• Autore: Mansson McGinty Anna
• Pubblicazione: Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2006.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.574082091821
• Soggetto topico: Muslim converts from Christianity - Europe; Muslim women - Europe - Social conditions; Women in Islam - Europe; Sex role - Religious aspects - Islam
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Becoming Muslim
• ISBN: 1-281-36694-3; 9786611366940; 0-312-37621-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811083103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Culture, Mind, and Society