Challenging the myth of the happy celibate: Muslim women negotiating contemporary relationships

Contemporary Islam

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-39

  Imtoual, Alia ^a   Hussein, Shakira ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Celibacy; Islam; Minority communities; Muslim woman; Sex; Virginity

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649146370     PISSN: 18720218     EISSN: 18720226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11562-008-0075-6     Document Type: Article

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