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Publication Date:
01 Dec 2010
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Imprint:
Ashgate Publishing
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Description
In view of the growing influence of religion in public life, Muslim Diaspora in the West offers a timely contribution to scholarly debates and concerns raised in the West about Islam and Muslims within diaspora. Presenting the latest research from a variety of locations on both sides of The Atlantic, this volume will be of interest to scholars with interests in race and ethnicity, cultural, media and gender studies, and migration.
Contents
Contents: Introduction, Haideh Moghissi; Part I Women's Agency Within Intersection of Discourses: Culturalist approach of women's emancipation in the Netherlands, Halleh Ghorashi; Globalization and women's leadership in the Muslim diaspora: an intersectional analysis, Fauzia Erfan Ahmed; Emergence of a transnational Muslim feminist consciousness among women in the WENAAZ (Western Europe, North America, Australia & New Zealand) context, Cassandra Balchin. Part II Shifting Notions of Sexuality and Family in Diaspora: Multiculturalism and religious legislation in Sweden, Anne Sofie Roald; Iranians in Britain, Vida Nassehi-Behnam; Changing spousal relations in diaspora: Muslims in Canada, Haideh Moghissi; Sexing diaspora: negotiating sexuality in shifting cultural landscape, Fataneh Farahani. Part III Reflections on Islamic Positionings of Youth in Diaspora: Styles of religious practice: Muslim youth cultures in Europe, Thijl Sunier; The struggle to stay on the middle ground: the radicalization of Muslims in Sweden, David Thurfjell; Young French women of Muslim descent: discriminatory social context and politicization, Sepideh Farkhondeh. Part IV Diasporic Space and Locating Space: Making homes in turbulent times: Moroccan-Dutch Muslims contesting dominant discourses of belonging, Marjo Buitelaar and Femke Stock; Understanding Dutch Islam: exploring the relationship of Muslims with the state and the public sphere in the Netherlands, Martijn de Koning; Between Iraq and a hard place: Iraqis in diaspora, Jacqueline Ismael and Shereen Ismael; Conclusion, Halleh Ghorashi; Index.
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