Based on interviews to Western women converted to Islam, The chapter analyses the trajectories of conversions of Western women to Islam, the role of narratives, the function of religious symbols (in particular the hijab) and their shifting significance in the definition of the religious and personal identities of these converts.
The Shifting Significance of the Haram/Halal Frontier: Narratives on the Hijab and Other Issues
ALLIEVI, STEFANO
2006
Abstract
Based on interviews to Western women converted to Islam, The chapter analyses the trajectories of conversions of Western women to Islam, the role of narratives, the function of religious symbols (in particular the hijab) and their shifting significance in the definition of the religious and personal identities of these converts.
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