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 experience...
| Subtitles: | The case of Polish female converts to Islam |
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| Authors: | ; ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Muslim Minorities
volume 41 Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Poles
/ Great Britain
/ Polish woman
/ Muslim woman
/ Conversion (Religion)
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| Further subjects: | B
Muslim converts from Christianity (Poland. )
B Muslims (Poland. ) B Islam (Poland. ) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-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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| ISBN: | 9004529543 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004529540 |