Muslim lives in Eastern Europe : gender, ethnicity, and the transformation of Islam in postsocialist Bulgaria

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. Kristen Ghodsee conducted extensive ethnographic research among a small population...

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Main Author: Ghodsee, Kristen Rogheh, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2010]
Series:Princeton studies in Muslim politics.
Subjects:
Since 1990
Muslims > Bulgaria > Social conditions > Case studies.
Muslims > Bulgaria > Madan (Smoli︠a︡n) > Social conditions.
Islam > Social aspects > Bulgaria > Case studies.
Islam and politics > Bulgaria > Case studies.
Sex role > Bulgaria > Case studies.
Ethnicity > Political aspects > Bulgaria > Case studies.
Social change > Bulgaria > Case studies.
Communism > Social aspects > Bulgaria > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Communism > Social aspects
Ethnicity > Political aspects
Islam and politics
Islam > Social aspects
Muslims > Social conditions
Sex role
Social change
Bulgaria > History > 1990-
Bulgaria > Religious life and customs > Case studies.
Bulgarie > Histoire > 1990-
Bulgaria
Bulgaria > Madan (Smoli︠a︡n)
Case studies
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the changing face of Islam in Bulgaria
  • Names to be buried with
  • Men and mines
  • The have-nots and the have-nots
  • Divide and be conquered
  • Islamic aid
  • The miniskirt and the veil
  • Conclusion : minarets after Marx.

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