Un/Covering: Female Religious Converts Learning the Problems and Pragmatics of Physical Observance in the Secular World. (December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Galman, Sally Campbell
• Is Part Of: Anthropology & education quarterly. Volume 44:Number 4(2013:Dec.)
• Page Start: 423
• Page End: 441
• Publication Date: 2013-12
• Subjects: Educational anthropology -- Periodicals; Education -- Periodicals; Anthropologie et éducation -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 306.43
• DOI: 10.1111/aeq.12040
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-7761

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>This article presents the experiences of three women who have chosen to move from secular, assimilated lives to lives characterized by the distinctive dress and practice associated with observant Islam, Orthodox Judaism, and Orthodox Christianity, respectively. All three relied upon informal, peer, and distance learning strategies for their religious education. The article analyzes both experiences in informal adult religious education and contemporary U.S. experiences with identity and assimilation, or covering (Yoshino 2006).</p> </abstract>