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Everyday conversions : Islam, domestic work, and South Asian migrant women in Kuwait / Attiya Ahmad.

Ahmad, Attiya, 1976- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Durham, [North Carolina] ; : Duke University Press, 2017 [©2017]

1 online resource (289 pages)

Englisch

: Everyday conversions / Ahmad, Attiya

Print version: Ahmad, Attiya : Everyday Conversions : Islam, Domestic Work, and South Asian Migrant Women in Kuwait. - Durham : Duke University Press,c2017

(e-book); 978-0-8223-7322-3 ( : electronic bk.)

978-0-8223-6333-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1021102283     

OCoLC: 1030379382 (aus SWB)      ; OCoLC: 1021102283 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang beim Produzenten (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

HD8039

305.48891405367     Ähnliche Literatur

*Kuwait ; Südasiatin ; Hausgehilfin ; Islam ; Konversion <Religion>      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Conversion - Islam - Social aspects

Household employees / Kuwait ; Women immigrants / Employment / Kuwait ; South Asians / Employment / Kuwait ; South Asian diaspora ; Belonging (Social psychology) ; Conversion / Islam / Social aspects ; Electronic books

Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives.

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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Everyday Conversions -- One. Temporariness -- Two. Suspension -- Three. Naram -- Four. Housetalk -- Five. Fitra -- Epilogue. Ongoing Conversions -- Appendix 1. Notes on Fieldwork -- Appendix 2. Interlocutors' Names and Connections to One Another -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.