Rebuilding community: displaced women and the making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim sociality
"This book uncovers the stories of care, help, and support that dozens of Ismaili Muslim women have extended to coreligionists against the dislocating effects of wars and forced migration. Focusing on two cohorts of women (one who fled East Pakistan in the early 1970s due to civil war, and the...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Servicio de pedido Subito: | Pedir ahora. |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado: |
New York
Oxford University Press
2023
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| En: | Año: 2023 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Hodja
/ Diáspora (Religión)
/ USA
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| Otras palabras clave: | B
Women refugees (Bangladesh)
Social conditions
B Women refugees (Africa, East) Social conditions B Muslim Women (United States) Attitudes B Women in Islam (United States) B Muslim Women Religious life (United States) B Muslims (United States) Social conditions B Ismailites (United States) B Women (United States) Social conditions |
| Sumario: | "This book uncovers the stories of care, help, and support that dozens of Ismaili Muslim women have extended to coreligionists against the dislocating effects of wars and forced migration. Focusing on two cohorts of women (one who fled East Pakistan in the early 1970s due to civil war, and the other who was forced to leave East Africa during the same time, when Idi Amin expelled Asians from Uganda and anti-Asian sentiments intensified in Kenya and Tanzania), it tells the tale of how they began the individual and collective work of remaking religious community in the diaspora"-- |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descripción Física: | xi, 262 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karte |
| ISBN: | 0197642039 |