The strength in the song: Muslim personhood, audible capital, and Hausa women's performance of the Hajj

Gendered Modernities: Ethnographic Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 79-104

  Cooper, Barbara M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-09944-0     Document Type: Chapter

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