We Have No Microbes Here: Healing Practices in a Turkish Black Sea Village

There is a growing body of literature about Muslim women concerned with their activities in the public sphere and the aspirations held by and for them in regard to political and economic participation. Interest in Muslim women's private lives has long been tainted by the fanciful stereotypes of a mysterious, opulent, and sensual "world of the harem" from the days of voyeuristic Western travel logs. The rural Muslim woman, if noticed at all, has generally been portrayed as the most unfortuna...