Political and cultural representations of Muslims [electronic resource] : Islam in the plural / edited by Christopher Flood, Stephen Hutchings, Galina Miazhevich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flood, Christopher.

Hutchings, Stephen.

Miazhevich, Galina.

Series:

Muslim Minorities 11.

Muslim minorities, 1570-7571 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Non-Islamic countries.

Muslims.

Muslims--Public opinion.

Islam and politics.

Islam--21st century.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Relations between Muslims and non-Muslims have received unprecedented attention since 9/11. In many predominantly non-Muslim countries intense debates have focused on international relations with Muslim-majority states, but dilemmas of national policy and practice in incorporating domestic Muslim minorities have also provoked heated argument. Meanwhile, within predominantly Muslim societies, and within Muslim diasporas, relationships with non-Muslims have posed pressing questions about compatibility, antagonism or adaptation of beliefs, identities and customs. The essays forming this multidisciplinary collection analyse concerns arising from clashing perceptions of Muslims in the political and cultural spheres: the majority of chapters deal with non-Muslim representations of Muslims, but several chapters reverse the perspective by examining Muslims’ own understandings of their relationships with non-Muslim societies. Contributors include: Ahmed K. al-Rawi, Ebru Ş. Canan-Sokullu, Tereza Capelos, Gaetan Clavien, Danila Genovese, Matteo Gianni, Signe Kjær Jørgensen, Priyasha Kaul, Chloe Patton, Timothy Peace, Mirjam Shatanawi, Dunya van Troost, and John Turner.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Christopher Flood , Stephen Hutchings , Galina Miazhevich and Henri Nickels

Introduction / Christopher Flood , Stephen Hutchings , Galina Miazhevich and Henri Nickels

Uncovering an Islamic Paradigm of International Relations / John Turner

Representation and Self-Representation of Radical Islamism in the UK: Through the Mirroring Lens of the Political Self / Danila Genovese

Why Wear a Headscarf in Parliament? Danish Secularist, Nationalist and Feminist Ideas about Muslims / Kjær Jørgensen Signe

“People Think Our Lives Are Dark.” Diasporic Resistance to the Metaphoric Darkening of Female Muslim Identity / Chloe Patton

Reason, Passion, and Islam: The Impact of Emotionality and Values on Political Tolerance / Tereza Capelos and Dunya van Troost

Islamophobia and Turcoscepticism in Europe? A Four-Nation Study / Ebru Ş. Canan-Sokullu

Representing Gender, Defining Muslims? Gender and Figures of Otherness in Public Discourse in Switzerland / Matteo Gianni and Gaetan Clavien

The French Anti-Racist Movement and the ‘Muslim Question’ / Timothy Peace

Foreign Policy and Its Impact on Arab Stereotypes in English-Language Popular Fiction of the 1970s–80s / Ahmed K. al-Rawi

Exploring Anwar: Religion, Identity and Nationalism / Priyasha Kaul

Curating against Dissent: Museums and the Public Debate on Islam / Mirjam Shatanawi

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-55138-1

9786613863836

90-04-23103-X

OCLC:

808367020