Becoming Muslim

While Islam has become a controversial topic in the West, a growing number of Westerners find powerful meaning in Islam. Becoming Muslim is an ethnographic study based on in-depth interviews with Swedish and American women who have converted to Islam.

Auteur

ANNA MANSSON McGINTY is Lecturer in Anthropology and Women's Studies at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.

Contenu
PART I: THE INDIVIDUAL CONVERSION Conversion and Transformation of Identity A Step Toward the Unknown The Conversion Narrative PART II: PERSONAL WORLDS Personal Models of Spirituality and Social Conscience Personal Models of Gender and Alternative Femininities PART III: ENCOUNTERS Looping Effects of Meaning Family, Work, Sisterhood Personal Versions of Islam