This thesis deals with the conversion stories of five female converts to Islam; considering the expectations my interlocutors have faced, the pressures to tell a certain type of narrative, the formation of their practice and the stories they choose to narrate. The concept of an ‘epiphany’ narrative, a story of inspiration and divine intervention, will be discussed and placed into tension with ‘rupture’ narratives; the stories my interlocutors tell in order to ‘make sense’ of their conversions.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OTU.1807/29557 |
| Date | 24 August 2011 |
| Creators | Hemlow, Emily |
| Contributors | Mittermaier, Amira, O'Neill, Kevin |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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