Instrumental borders of gender and religious conversions in the Balkans

Albert Doja (1)

1 Université de Lille

In this paper I explore the ways and extents to which religious identifications and affiliations become instrumental political resources for ascertaining hierarchical relations among social groups and individuals, with extensive use of gendered metaphors referring to different categories of people as whether effeminate or truly manly, and actual women often used as a currency of exchange.

Mots clés: religion; gender; politics

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie; Etudes sur le genre; Religions; Sociologie; Science politique

Albert Doja. Instrumental borders of gender and religious conversions in the Balkans. Religion, State and Society, 2008, 36 (1), pp.55-63. ⟨10.1080/09637490701809738⟩. ⟨halshs-00425476⟩