Muslim lives in Eastern Europe gender, ethnicity, and the transformation of Islam in postsocialist Bulgaria
Muslim Lives in Eastern Europe" examines how gender identities were reconfigured in a Bulgarian Muslim community following the demise of Communism and an influx of international aid from the Islamic world. Ghodsee demonstrates how women's embrace of this new form of Islam has led them to a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton
Princeton University Press
2010
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| Series: | Princeton studies in Muslim politics
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| Summary: | Muslim Lives in Eastern Europe" examines how gender identities were reconfigured in a Bulgarian Muslim community following the demise of Communism and an influx of international aid from the Islamic world. Ghodsee demonstrates how women's embrace of this new form of Islam has led them to adopt more conservative family roles, and how the Pomaks' new religion remains deeply influenced by Bulgaria's Marxist-Leninist legacy, with its calls for morality, social justice, and human solidarity. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 252 pages illustrations 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691139555 (paperback) |