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Muslim diaspora in the West : negotiating gender, home and belonging / edited by Haideh Moghissi and Halleh Ghorashi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research in migration and ethnic relations series.
- Research in migration and ethnic relations series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslim women--Western countries.
- Muslim women.
- Muslim families--Western countries.
- Muslim families.
- Muslim diaspora.
- Islam--Customs and practices.
- Islam.
- Multiculturalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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:
- Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I Women's Agency Within Intersection of Discourses; 2 Culturalist Approach to Women's Emancipation in the Netherlands; 3 Globalization and Women's Leadership in the Muslim Diaspora; 4 Emergence of a Transnational Muslim Feminist Consciousness among Women in the WENAAZ (Western Europe, North America, Australi; Part II Shifting Notions of Sexuality and Family in Diaspora; 5 Multiculturalism and Religious Legislation in Sweden; 6 Iranians in Britain; 7 Changing Spousal Relations in Diaspora; 8 Sexing Diaspora
- Part III Reflections on Islamic Positionings of Youth in Diaspora9 Styles of Religious Practice; 10 The Struggle to Stay on the Middle Ground; 11 Young French Women of Muslim Descent; Part IV Diasporic Space and Locating Space; 12 Making Homes in Turbulent Times; 13 Understanding Dutch Islam; 14 Between Iraq and a Hard Place; 15 Conclusion; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-59705-5
- 1-317-09118-3
- 1-317-09117-5
- 1-282-89222-3
- 9786612892226
- 1-4094-0288-6
- 9781315597058
- OCLC:
- 689997311
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