Jolly, NatalieOmrani, Shadyar2026-02-042026-02-042020-03-01https://hdl.handle.net/1773/55018TSOC 555 Sociology of GenderThis project is a quick review and analysis of different socio-cultural impacts that influence the formation of a Muslim woman's identity through the embodiment of womanhood and motherhood. I will argue that the self-determination of a Muslim woman's body and autonomous social identity is highly influenced by their cultural and economic notions of self; the ground, based on which their emancipation can be better paved.Muslim womenembodimentmotherhoodwomanhoodautonomyself-determinationIslamic cultureidentitybody as a spatial scalefeminist geographycultural sociologyreligiosityMuslim Woman:Heavenly Body, Communal Autonomy