(Re) turning to proper muslim practice: Islamic moral renewal and women's conflicting assertions of Sunni identity in urban Mali

Africa Today

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 21-43

  Schulz, Dorothea E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL TRADITION; ISLAMISM; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 48849083648     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2008.54.4.20     Document Type: Article

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