Rooms of their own: old rituals in new settings: women between Sufism and Islamic activism in contemporary Istanbul
This paper deals with how rituals, deeply rooted in local tradition, can be used to legitimize new forms of activism in complex modern societies. The empirical material comes from fieldwork in Istanbul, where the author has studied a small Muslim women's group. The women have organized their ac...
Main Author: | Catharina Raudvere |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Donner Institute
1999-02-01
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Series: | Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis |
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Online Access: | https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67275 |
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