Iraqi Women in Denmark: Ritual Performance and Belonging in Everyday Life - Couverture rigide

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Pedersen, Marianne Holm

 
9780719089589: Iraqi Women in Denmark: Ritual Performance and Belonging in Everyday Life
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ISBN 10 : 0719089581 ISBN 13 : 9780719089589
Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Iraqi women in Denmark is an ethnographic study of ritual performance and place-making among Shi'a Muslim Iraqi women in Copenhagen. The book explores how Iraqi women construct a sense of belonging to Danish society through ritual performances, and investigates how this process is interrelated with their experiences of inclusion and exclusion in Denmark. The findings refute the all too simplistic assumptions of general debates on Islam and immigration in Europe that tend to frame religious practice as an obstacle to integration in the host society. In sharp contrast to the fact that the Iraqi women's religious activities in many ways contribute to categorising them as outsiders to Danish society, their participation in religious events also localises them in the city.

Written in an accessible, narrative style, this book addresses both an academic audience and the general reader interested in Islam in Europe and immigration to Scandinavia.

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À propos de l?auteur

Marianne Holm Pedersen is Senior Researcher at the National Collections Department (Danish Folklore Archives), The Royal Library

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Éditeur
Manchester University Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0719089581
ISBN 13 
9780719089589
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
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Personne responsable
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