Young Muslim-Tatar Girls of the Big City: Narrative Identities and Discourses on Islam in Postsoviet Russia
This article deals with the growing interest towards the ‘new Islam of practising Muslim women’ among young Tatars in Moscow. I analyse this through their inclusion in the reproduced and reformatted Islamic discursive tradition, as well as through the creation of a unique biography and identity for...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2011
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Religion, state & society
Year: 2011, Volume: 39, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 327-345 |
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| Summary: | This article deals with the growing interest towards the ‘new Islam of practising Muslim women’ among young Tatars in Moscow. I analyse this through their inclusion in the reproduced and reformatted Islamic discursive tradition, as well as through the creation of a unique biography and identity for the ‘lady in the headscarf’. A definitive understanding of this phenomenon can be gained from an analysis of the changing environment of narrative expectations towards young people, expectations held by the government, parents, ethnic groups and adults in general, which I shall also consider in the context of the predominant trends in the structure and culture of young people in postsoviet Russia. The biographical narratives of ten women attending courses on the Quran at various mosques around Moscow will, therefore, form the focus of the present article. |
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| ISSN: | 1465-3974 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2011.584710 |