Being young and Muslim : new cultural politics in the global south and north / edited by Linda Herrera and Asef Bayat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bayat, Asef, editor.

Herrera, Linda, editor.

Series:

Religion and Global Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim youth.

Muslim youth--Attitudes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores the ways in which the young, both in Muslim majority societies and Muslim communities in the West, negotiate their Muslim identity in relation to their youthful desires - their individuality, the search for autonomy and security for the future. The cultural behavior of Muslim youths, the authors argue, must be understood as located in the political realm and representing a new arena of contestation for power. The essays in this volume look at the strategies Muslim youths deploy to realize their interests and aspirations, including music and fashion, party politics, collect

Contents:

Contents; About the Authors; 1. Introduction: Being Young and Muslim in Neoliberal Times; Part I: Politics of Dissent; 2. Muslim Youth and the Claim of Youthfulness; 3. The Drama of Jihad: The Emergence of Salafi Youth in Indonesia; 4. Moroccan Youth and Political Islam; 5. Rebels without a Cause?: A Politics of Deviance in Saudi Arabia; 6. The Battle of the Ages: Contests for Religious Authority in The Gambia; 7. Cyber Resistance: Palestinian Youth and Emerging Internet Culture; Part II: Livelihoods and Lifestyles; 8. Young Egyptians' Quest for Jobs and Justice

9. Reaching a Larger World: Muslim Youth and Expanding Circuits of Operation10. Being Young, Muslim, and American in Brooklyn; Part III : Strivings for Citizenship; 11. "Also the School Is a Temple": Republicanism, Imagined Transnational Spaces, and the Schooling of Muslim Youth in France; 12. Avoiding "Youthfulness?": Young Muslims Negotiating Gender and Citizenship in France and Germany; 13. Struggles over Defining the Moral City: The Problem Called "Youth" in Urban Iran; Part IV: Navigating Identities; 14. Securing Futures: Youth, Generation, and Muslim Identities in Niger

15. "Rasta" Sufis and Muslim Youth Culture in Mali16. Performance, Politics, and Visceral Transformation: Post-Islamist Youth in Turkey; 17. Negotiating with Modernity: Young Women and Sexuality in Iran; Part V: Musical Politics; 18. Fun^Da^Mental's "Jihad Rap"; 19. Maroc-Hop: Music and Youth Identities in the Netherlands; 20. Heavy Metal in the Middle East: New Urban Spaces in a Translocal Underground; 21. Music VCDs and the New Generation: Negotiating Youth, Femininity, and Islam in Indonesia; 22. Conclusion: Knowing Muslim Youth; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L

MN; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-536920-3

0-19-970904-1