Everyday Conversions
Subtitle: Islam, Domestic Work, and South Asian Migrant Women in Kuwait
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Published: Mar 29, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780822363330
Description: Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives.--Publisher description.
Notes: Source title: Everyday Conversions: Islam, Domestic Work, and South Asian Migrant Women in Kuwait (Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies)