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UNINA9910455814703321 |
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Muslim women in the United Kingdom and beyond [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Tansin Benn, Haifaa Jawad |
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Boston, MA, : Brill, c2003 |
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1-280-46676-6 |
9786610466764 |
1-4175-0716-0 |
90-474-0152-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (206 p.) |
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Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; ; v. 2 |
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Muslim women - Great Britain - Social conditions - 20th century |
Muslim women - Europe - Social conditions - 20th century |
Muslim women - United States - Social conditions - 20th century |
Sex role |
Women's rights |
Muslim women - Employment - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Muslim women in the United Kingdom and beyond : setting the scene / Tansin Benn and Haifaa Jawad -- Historical and contemporary perspectives of Muslim women living in the west / Haifaa Jawad -- Muslim women : some western fiction / Irene Donohoue Clyne -- Adjusting the tie that binds : challenges facing Muslim women in America / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Jane I. Smith -- The Mecca of gender equality : Muslim Women in Sweden / Ann-Sofie Roald -- Experiences, needs, and potential of new Muslim women in Britain / Harfiyah Abdel Haleem -- Choice and opportunity : supporting young Muslim women's career aspirations / Barrie A. Irving ... [et al.] -- Muslim women talking : experiences of their early teaching careers / Tansin Benn -- Muslim women teachers : life histories, identities, and |
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citizenship / Audrey Osler -- The way forward / Tansin Benn and Haifaa Jawad. |
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An exploration of the ways in which Muslim women are portrayed, alongside their experiences of being Muslim and part of a predominantly Western culture. It engages with Muslim women living mainly in the UK, with contributions from other countries such as Australia, America and Sweden. |
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UNINA9910155224203321 |
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Lines drawn upon the water : First Nations and the Great Lakes borders and borderlands / / Karl S. Hele, editor |
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Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2008 |
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9781299313156 |
1299313159 |
9781554580972 |
1554580978 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (378 p.) |
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Collana |
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Aboriginal studies series |
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HeleKarl S <1970-> (Karl Scott) |
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Indians of North America - Great Lakes Region (North America) - History |
Métis - Great Lakes Region (North America) - History |
Water boundaries - Ontario |
Water boundaries - United States |
Canada Boundaries United States |
United States Boundaries Canada |
Great Lakes Region (North America) History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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"Proceedings of a conference held at University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Feb. 11-12, 2005'.--LAC CIP t.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgements; ""Drawing/Erasing the Border""; Introduction; 1. ""We have no spirit to celebrate with you the great [1893] Columbian Fair"": Aboriginal |
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Peoples of the Great Lakes Respond to Canadian and United States Policies During the Nineteenth Century; 2. Cross-border Treaty-signers: The Anishnaabeg of the Lake Huron Borderlands; 3. From Intercolonial Messenger to ""Christian Indian"": The Flemish Bastard and the Mohawk Struggle for Independence from New France and Colonial New York in the Eastern Great Lakes Borderland, 1647-1687 |
4. The Anishinabeg and Métis in the Sault Ste. Marie Borderlands: Confronting a Line Drawn upon the Water5. In the Shadow of the Thumping Drum: The Sault Métis-The People In-Between; 6. ""Those freebooters would shoot me like a dog"": American Terrorists and Homeland Security in the Journals of Ezhaaswe (William A. Elias [1856-1929]); 7. Shifting Boundaries and the Baldoon Mysteries; 8. The Baldoon Settlement: Rethinking Sustainability; 9. Nativism's Bastard: Neolin, Tenskwatawa, and the Anishinabeg Methodist Movement; 10. Borders Within: Anthropology and the Six Nations of the Grand River |
11. The Grand General Indian Council of Ontario and Indian Status Legislation12. ""This is a pipe and I know hash"": Louise Erdrich and the Lines Drawn upon the Waters and the Lands; Notes; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index |
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The First Nations who have lived in the Great Lakes watershed have been strongly influenced by the imposition of colonial and national boundaries there. The essays in Lines Drawn upon the Water examine the impact of the Canadian-American border on communities, with reference to national efforts to enforce the boundary and the determination of local groups to pursue their interests and define themselves. Although both governments regard the border as clearly defined, local communities continue to contest the artificial divisions imposed by the international boundary and define spatia |
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