Reconfiguring freedom: Muslim piety and the limits of secular law and public discourse in France

American Ethnologist

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-35

  Fernando, Mayanthi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 76249088177     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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