Explanation is not the point: Domestic work, Islamic dawa and becoming muslim in Kuwait

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-310

  Ahmad, Attiya ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Affective labour; Domestic work; Ethics; Globalisation; Household; Immaterial labour; Islamic movements; Kuwait; South asian migrant labour; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649655800     PISSN: 14442213     EISSN: 17409314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14442213.2010.516009     Document Type: Article

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