Gendered pilgrimage: hajj and umrah from women’s perspectives

Muslim women experience the pilgrimage to Mecca differently from their fellow males. This is not surprising when one considers the many feminist and gender-sensitive studies that have been dealing with social, political, historical, cultural, and economic issues from women’s and gendered perspective...

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Main Author: Thimm, Viola (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. 2021
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 223-241
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hajj / ʿUmra / Woman / Gender-specific role
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
Further subjects:B Umrah
B Islam
B Pilgrimage
B women’s perspectives
B Gender
B Hajj
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