Attiya Ahmad

Everyday Conversions

Islam, Domestic Work, and South Asian Migrant Women in Kuwait

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Attiya Ahmad is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at The George Washington University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780822363330
• ISBN-10: 082236333X
• Artikelnr.: 45052682

Autorenporträt

Attiya Ahmad is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at The George Washington University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. Everyday Conversions  1
1. Temporariness  37
2. Suspension  67
3. Naram  101
4. Housetalk  124
5. Fitra  157
Epilogue. Ongoing Conversions  191
Appendix 1. Notes on Fieldwork  201
Appendix 2. Interlocutors' Names and Connections to One Another  207
Glossary  211
Notes  219
References  245
Index  265