'A second skin': Embodied intersectionality, transnationalism and narratives of identity and belonging among Muslim women in Britain

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-15

  Mirza, Heidi Safia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL TRADITION; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; HEGEMONY; ISLAMISM; RACISM; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876158600     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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