Managing Spoiled Identity - The Case of Polish Female Converts to Islam (Hardcover)

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."

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Muslim Minorities, 41
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	Beata Abdallah-Krzepkowska • Katarzyna Gorak-Sosnowska • Joanna Krotofil • Anna Piela
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-52953-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Islamic studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-52953-5
Barcode:	9789004529533

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