I love Islam: Popular religious commodities, sites of inscription and transnational Sierra Leonean identity

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-110

  D'Alisera, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

America USA; Islam; Religious commodities; Sierra Leoneans; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; RELIGION; URBAN SOCIETY;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0035066521     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918350100600105     Document Type: Article

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