Muslim Lives in Eastern Europe by Kristen Ghodsee
Muslim Lives in Eastern Europe: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Transformation of Islam in Postsocialist Bulgaria by Kristen Ghodsee
English | Aug. 16, 2009 | ISBN: 0691139547, 0691139555 | 271 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | Aug. 16, 2009 | ISBN: 0691139547, 0691139555 | 271 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Muslim Lives in Eastern Europe examines how gender identities were reconfigured in a Bulgarian Muslim community following the demise of Communism and an influx of international aid from the Islamic world. Kristen Ghodsee conducted extensive ethnographic research among a small population of Pomaks, Slavic Muslims living in the remote mountains of southern Bulgaria.