Neighborhood culture: Muslim women in segregated territory

Islam in France. Practices and daily lived experiences
By Geneviève Zoïa, Laurent Visier
English

This article describes three years of ethnographic fieldwork in a poor neighborhood in a medium-sized French city. The study focused on the experience of Muslim women during three moments of their life: medical care, their children’s nutrition at school, and education, demonstrating how a neighborhood can constitute a specific social organization, as contemporary Islam becomes an important framework for analysis and action for both residents and professionals.

Keywords

  • Poverty
  • Neighborhood
  • Women
  • Muslim
  • Culture
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