Everyday life practices of Muslims in Europe / edited by Erkan Toğuşlu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Toguslu, Erkan.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Current issues in Islam

Current Issues in Islam

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Europe--Social life and customs.

Muslims.

Muslims--Europe--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Manners and customs.

Europe.

Physical Description:

233 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2015]

Summary:

Everyday Life Practices of Muslims in Europe' explores how Muslims give meaning to Islam on a day-to-day basis. The contributions look at concrete practices, identities, memories, and normalities in daily Muslim life and provide insights to the complexities of identities. They examine Muslims' use of and construction of spaces, daily practices, forms of interaction, and modes of thinking in different areas, resulting in a thorough analysis and framework of Muslims' day-to-day life through topical chapters on food, space, entertainment, marriage, and mosque, covering both extent of hybridity and preservation of religious-ethnic particularities.

Contents:

1 Everyday Experiences, Moral Dilemmas and the Making of Muslim Life Worlds: Introductory Reflections / Thijl Sunier Sunier, Thijl 9

Part I Consumption and Food Practices

1 Islamic Food Practices in a Migration Context: An Ethnography Among Moroccan Women in Milan (Italy) / Elsa Mescoli Mescoli, Elsa 19

3 "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you what you are." The Literal Consumption of Identity for North African Muslims in Paris (France) / Rachel Brown Brown, Rachel 41

4 Dietary Practices and the Bargaining of an Islamic Lifestyle Among Unorganized European Muslims: Some Reflections from French Diasporic Muslims / Valentina Fedele Fedele, Valentina 57

5 Politics of Consumption: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign and "Being" Muslim in Tower Hamlets / Jana Jevtic Jevtic, Jana 75

Part II Individualization, Courtship and Leisure Practices

6 Individualization of Muslim Religious Practices: Contextual Creativity of Second-Generation Moroccans in Spain / Mohammed El-Bachouti El-Bachouti, Mohammed 97

7 The Self-Arranged Marriage: Modern Muslim Courtship Practices in the Netherlands / Leen Sterckx Sterckx, Leen 113

8 Sexual Subjectivities in a Transnational Social Field: The Family Visit / Wim Peumans Peumans, Wim 127

9 Halalscapes: Leisure, Fun and Aesthetics Spaces Created by Young Muslim Women of the Gülen Movement in France and Germany / Sümeyye Ulu Sametoglu Sametoglu, Sümeyye Ulu 143

Part III Translocal Space and Artistic Expressions

10 Artistic Reactions to Contemporary Controversies Related to Islam / Diletta Guidi Guidi, Diletta 165

11 (Dis)locating Muslims in Britain Today / Ajmal Hussain Hussain, Ajmal 175

12 Towards a German Mosque: Rethinking the Mosque's Meaning in Germany by Applying Socio-Semiotics / Ossama Hegazy Hegazy, Ossama 193

Conclusion

13 Muslims and Everyday Life Practices in Europe / Erkan Toguslu Toguslu, Erkan 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789462700321

946270032X

OCLC:

906678410

Publisher Number:

99967523172