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(Re)imagining aging lives: ethnographic narratives of Muslim women in diaspora
Author(s)Parin A Dossa
Journal titleJournal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol 14, no 3, September 1999
Pagespp 245-272
KeywordsIslam ; Older women ; East Africa ; Overseas visitors ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Canada.
AnnotationThe potential of the narrative genre in (re)imagining ageing lives of women in diaspora - spanning cultures as well as generations - is explored. Life narratives of two Ismaili Muslim Canadian women, part of a cohort of immigrants from East Africa, provide insights into the complex processes of reimagining lives in between spaces of home work and waged work, as well as in between action and repose (silence and stillness that complement mundane action-oriented activities) modes of the Ismaili tradition. The narratives are a living metaphor of lives engaged in recapturing meaning. As such, the creative endeavours of ageing women in diaspora have implications for a feminist ethnography in ageing. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-991022247 A
ClassmarkTUR: BD: 7L: TIR: DB: 7S

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