Rebuilding community : displaced women and the making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim sociality /

"This book uncovers the stories of care, help, and support that dozens of Ismaili Muslim women have extended to coreligionists against the dislocating effects of wars and forced migration. Focusing on two cohorts of women (one who fled East Pakistan in the early 1970s due to civil war, and the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Khoja-Moolji, Shenila, 1982- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Muslim women > United States > Attitudes. Muslim women > Religious life > United States. Women in Islam > United States. Muslims > United States > Social conditions. Women > United States > Social conditions. Ismailites > United States. Women refugees > Bangladesh > Social conditions. Women refugees > Africa, East > Social conditions. Musulmanes > États-Unis > Attitudes. Musulmanes > Vie religieuse > États-Unis. Femmes dans l'islam > États-Unis. Musulmans > États-Unis > Conditions sociales. Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales. Ismaéliens > États-Unis. Réfugiées > Bangladesh > Conditions sociales. Islam. RELIGION. Anthropology. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Gender Studies. Ismailites Muslim women > Attitudes Muslim women > Religious life Muslims > Social conditions Women in Islam Women refugees > Social conditions Women > Social conditions Africa, East Bangladesh United States Society & culture: general. Society. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: Re-Assembling Community
2. Ismaili Women's Lifeworlds, 1890-1970
Interlude: Fleeing, 1971-1972
3. Fostering Sacred Spaces
4. Storying Divine Intervention
5. Culinary Placemaking
6. Placemaking in the Second Generation
7. Conclusion: Spiritual Intimacies
Notes
Bibliography
Index.