Managing spoiled identity: the case of Polish female converts to Islam
"This is the first systematic study of Polish women's conversion to Islam in English. Through interviews with Polish female converts to Islam and ethnographic observation, we learn about their journey to Islam in a country where Muslims constitute less than 0,5% of the population and exper...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2023]
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| In: |
Muslim minorities (volume 41)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Muslim minorities
volume 41 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Poles
/ Islam
/ Woman
/ Conversion (Religion)
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam KBK Europe (East) |
| Further subjects: | B
Muslim converts from Christianity (Poland)
B Muslims (Poland) B Islam (Poland) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "This is the first systematic study of Polish women's conversion to Islam in English. Through interviews with Polish female converts to Islam and ethnographic observation, we learn about their journey to Islam in a country where Muslims constitute less than 0,5% of the population and experience daily struggles related to maintaining their national and religious identities sometimes considered to be spoiled. The analysis presented in the book illuminates different factors that shape the converts' religious lives: attempts to establish "Polish Islam" with its unique cultural flavor; a new hybrid language that includes Polish, English and Arabic elements; intersectional identities as women, Muslims, Poles, and Eastern European immigrants among those who live outside of Poland. This study offers a fascinating window into the lives of Muslims in a sociopolitical context that is considered to be on the margins of the "Muslim world.""-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | X, 253 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9004529535 |