Me, my mother and dance. An Autoethnography about Muslim Pakistani Women, their relationship to dance and its implications for Dance Movement Therapy

  • Shahida Parveen, Ahmed
Publication date
October 2018

Abstract

This thesis investigates the author’s personal journey with dance in relation to her orthodox Muslim mother’s ideals. The author’s Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) practice work placement gave her the opportunity to work with women of South Asia and some Muslim Pakistani women. She thus was able to put into practice and investigate the learning of DMT practices with this group. The concept of the Wounded Healer has been investigated as an attempt to understand how much the personal story can influence, help or hinder a DM therapist when working with culturally similar clients. Through the use of autoethnographic methodology the religious, spiritual, linguistic aspects of Muslim migrant women, the processes of integration into a new country and,...

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