Muslim Women in Southern Spain

Download or read book Muslim Women in Southern Spain written by Gunther Dietz and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to explore the contested life-worlds created by Westernizing gender roles, religious pluralism, and cultural hybridization, Dietz (anthropology) and El-Shohoumi (intercultural studies, both U. of Granada, Spain) undertake an ethnographic study of the life-worlds, biographical narratives, and organizational accounts of Muslim women in southern Spain. They present their findings under such headings as migration and Islam in Spain, niches and segments of labor market integration, and societal responses and perspectives. They have not indexed their study.