Converting to Islam : Understanding the Experiences of White American Females

• Main Author: Guimond, Amy Melissa (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Islam.; Gender identity > Religious aspects.; Sociology.; Religion and sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319542508
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54250-8
• Physical Description: XIII, 196 p. 5 illus. online resource.

This text aims to discover the shared lived experiences of white American female converts to Islam in post- 9/11 America. It explores the increasingly hostile social climate faced by Muslim Americans, as well as the spiritual, social, physical, and mental integration of these women into the Muslim-A...