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Networks: Western Europe
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Women's informal networks and the interdomestic domain

Discussions of women's position in Muslim society have repeatedly highlighted the importance of “women's worlds” in contexts of strictly gendered divisions of labor and female seclusion (purdah). In Bosnia, female neighborly networks are formed around coffee morning visiting (Brinja 1995). Intimate circles often articu…

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Werbner, Pnina, “Networks: Western Europe”, in: Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures, General Editor Suad Joseph. Consulted online on 03 October 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1872-5309_ewic_EWICCOM_0122e>
First published online: 2009



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