ISBN:
9786610727742
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1280727748
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9780203961254
,
0415770815
,
9781280727740
,
9780415770811
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (XXV, 238 S)
,
graph. Darst
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
Routledge Islamic studies
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Muslim Diaspora : Gender, Culture and Identity
DDC:
306.697
Schlagwort(e):
Ethnology Islamic countries
;
Muslim diaspora
;
Islam Customs and practices
;
Islam and culture
;
Multiculturalism
;
Gender identity Islamic countries
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Islam
;
Diaspora
;
Identität
Kurzfassung:
Diaspora and identity : violence and exilic representation. Diaspora : history of an idea / Denise Helly -- Islam in diaspora and challenges to multiculturalism / Saeed Rahnema -- Exilic readings of the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Koran / Reza Baraheni -- Diaspora, ethnicity and problems of identity / Mark J. Goodman -- Islam and consecrated tortures / Ezat Mossallanejad -- Home and exile : gender and politics of memory. Divided communities of memory : diasporas come home / Mary Ann Titreault -- Our reflections in their mirror : cultural politics and the representation of the Iranian diaspora in the Islamic Republic / Hammed Shahidian -- Gender, nation and diaspora : Kurdish women in feminist transnational struggles / Shahrzad Mojab -- Discourses of Islam/secularism and identity-building processes among Turkish University youth / Aylin Akpinar -- Contested Terrains : Islam, gender and struggles for continuity and change. The hijab controversies in western public schools : contrasting conceptions of ethnicity and of ethnic relations / Marie McAndrew -- Islamophobia and women of Pakistani descent in Bradford : the crisis of ascribed and adopted identities / Haleh Afshar, Robert Aitken and Myfanwy Franks -- Diasporic narratives on virginity / Fataneh Farahani -- Iranian-American elderly in California's Santa Clara valley : crafting, selves and composing lives / Mary Hegland -- Like Parvin, like Najiba, like Heba, we are all different : reflections on voices of women in diaspora / Afsaneh Hojabri
Kurzfassung:
This book charts the experiences of the Islamic diaspora around the world. It incorporates a broad range of case studies and includes issues such as identity, religious background and gender
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Contributors; Introduction; Part I Diaspora, identity, representation and violence; 1 Diaspora: History of an idea; 2 Islam in diaspora and challenges to multiculturalism; 3 Exilic readings of the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Koran; 4 Diaspora, ethnicity and problems of identity; 5 Islam and consecrated tortures; Part II Home and exile: Gender and politics of memory; 6 Divided communities of memory: Diasporas come home
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
7 'Our' reflections in 'their' mirror: Cultural politics and the representation of the Iranian diaspora in the Islamic Republic8 Gender, nation and diaspora: Kurdish women in feminist transnational struggles; 9 Discourses of Islam/secularism and identity-building processes among Turkish university youth; Part III Contested terrains: Islam, gender and struggles for continuity and change; 10 The hijab controversies in Western public schools: Contrasting conceptions of ethnicity and of ethnic relations
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
11 Islamophobia and women of Pakistani descent in Bradford: The crisis of ascribed and adopted identities12 Diasporic narratives on virginity; 13 Iranian-American elderly in California's Santa Clara Valley: Crafting selves and composing lives; 14 Like Parvin, like Najiba, like Heba, we are all different: Reflections on voices of women in diaspora; Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction. UK : MyiLibrary, 2006 Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to MIL affiliated
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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