ISBN:
9780822373223
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Series Statement:
Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies
Parallel Title:
Ahmad, Attiya, 1976 - Everyday conversions
Parallel Title:
Print version Ahmad, Attiya Everyday Conversions : Islam, Domestic Work, and South Asian Migrant Women in Kuwait
DDC:
305.48891405367
Keywords:
Conversion - Islam - Social aspects
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Household employees Kuwait
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Women immigrants Employment
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Kuwait
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South Asians Employment
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Kuwait
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South Asian diaspora
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Belonging (Social psychology)
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Conversion Islam
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Social aspects
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Electronic books
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Hochschulschrift
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Kuwait
;
Südasiatin
;
Hausgehilfin
;
Islam
;
Konversion
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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.
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