Convertitis and the Struggle with Liminality for Female Converts to Islam in Australia
Drawing on ethnography among female converts to Islam who attended lessons at their local mosque in Melbourne, Australia, this article explores how new female converts navigate tensions between the secular and the religious, as they become Muslim. Conversion, for these women, is a series of interact...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ed. de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
[2019]
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| In: |
Archives de sciences sociales des religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 186, Pages: 71-91 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Australia
/ Islam
/ Woman
/ Woman convert
/ Gender-specific role
/ Embodiment
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| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam KBS Australia; Oceania |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Converts B Gender B Australia B Embodiment |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |