One Foot in Heaven: Narratives on Gender and Islam in Darfur, West-Sudan

by Karin Willemse

This innovative anthropological study, based on biographic narratives recorded during extensive field-research in Darfur, Sudan (1990-95) provides a unique understanding of how, in daily life, working women in Darfur, Sudan, negotiate their identities in the context of an Islamist regime.

Genres: Islam, Gender

547 pages, Hardcover

First published November 15, 2007