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Un/Covering: Female Religious Converts Learning the Problems and Pragmatics of Physical Observance in the Secular World.

This article presents the experiences of three women who have chosen to move from secular, assimilated lives to lives characterized by the distinctive dress and practice associated with observant Islam, Orthodox Judaism, and Orthodox Christianity, respectively. All three relied upon informal, peer,...

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Published in:Anthropology & Education Quarterly Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 423 - 442
Main Author: Galman, Sally Campbell
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2013
Subjects:
Distance education
Religious education
Cultural assimilation
Religious life of women
Patriarchy
Religious identity
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