Islamophobia/Islamophilia : beyond the politics of enemy and friend / edited by Andrew Shryock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shryock, Andrew.

Series:

Indiana series in Middle East studies.

Indiana series in Middle East studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Public opinion.

Islam.

Muslims--Public opinion.

Muslims.

Islam and culture.

Islam and politics.

Physical Description:

vii, 250 p.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Islamophobia" is a term that has been widely applied to anti-Muslim ideas and actions, especially since 9/11. The contributors to this provocative volume explore and critique the usefulness of the concept for understanding contexts ranging from the Middle Ages to the modern day. Moving beyond familiar explanations such as good Muslim/bad Muslim stereotypes or the "clash of civilizations," they describe Islamophobia's counterpart, Islamophilia, which deploys similar oppositions in the interest of fostering public acceptance of Islam. Contributors address topics such as conflicts over Islam outside and within Muslim communities in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia; the cultural politics of literature, humor, and urban renewal; and religious conversion to Islam.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Islam as an Object of Fear and Affection

Part One Continuities and Transformations

1 Western Hostility toward Muslims: A History of the Present

2 The Khalil Gibran International Academy: Diasporic Confrontations with an Emerging Islamophobia

Part Two Modern (Self) Criticism

3 The God That Failed: The Neo-Orientalism of Today's Muslim Commentators

4 Gendering Islamophobia and Islamophilia: The Case of Shi 'i Muslim Women in Lebanon

5 Bridging Traditions: Madrasas and Their Internal Critics

Part Three Violence and Conversion in Europe

6 The Fantasy and Violence of Religious Imagination: Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism in France and North Africa

7 German Converts to Islam and Their Ambivalent Relations with Immigrant Muslims

Part Four Attraction and Repulsion in Shared Space

8 Muslim Ethnic Comedy: Inversions of Islamophobia

9 Competing for Muslims: New Strategies for Urban Renewal in Detroit

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-81831-7

9786612818318

0-253-00454-3

OCLC:

654029487