Women embracing Islam: gender and conversion in the West
Conversion and gender, two contested concepts / Willy jansen -- Gender and conversion to Islam in the West / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- Contextualizing conversion -- The quest for peace in submission: reflections on the journey of American women converts to Islam -- Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- The shaping...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Servicio de pedido Subito: | Pedir ahora. |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publicado: |
Austin
University of Texas Press
2006
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| En: | Año: 2006 |
| Edición: | 1. ed. |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Mundo occidental
/ Mujer
/ Islam
/ Conversión (Religión)
B Cristiana / Islam / Conversión (Religión) B Mujer / Islam / Conversión (Religión) |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Gender Identity (Europe)
B Muslim Women Europe B Women in Islam (Europe) B Sex role Religious aspects Islam B Muslim Women (Europe) B Muslim converts from Christianity Europe B Women in Islam Europe B Bibliografía B Colección de artículos B Muslim converts from Christianity (Europe) B Gender Identity Europe |
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Table of contents only Verlagsangaben (Verlag) |
| Sumario: | Conversion and gender, two contested concepts / Willy jansen -- Gender and conversion to Islam in the West / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- Contextualizing conversion -- The quest for peace in submission: reflections on the journey of American women converts to Islam -- Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- The shaping of a Scandinavian "Islam": converts and gender equal opportunity / Anne Sofie Roald -- Symbolizing distance: conversion to Islam in Germany and the United States / Monika Wohlrab-Sahr -- Discourses and narratives -- Gender, conversion, and Islam: a comparison of online and offline conversion narratives / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- The shifting significance of the halal/haram frontier: narratives on the hijab and other issues / Stefano Allievi -- Trajectories and paradigms -- Female conversion to Islam: the Sufi paradigm / Haifaa Jawad -- African American Islam as an expression of converts' religious faith and nationalist dreams and ambitions / Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons -- Feminism and conversion: comparing British, Dutch, and South African life stories -- Margot Badran -- Transmission and identity -- How Deborah became Aisha: the conversion process and the creation of female Muslim identity / Nicole Bourque -- Keeping the faith: convert Muslim mothers and the transmission of female Muslim identity in the West / Marcia Hermansen |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0292712731 |