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UNINA9910781085903321 |
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Titolo |
Muslim spaces of hope : geographies of possibility in Britain and the West / / edited by Richard Phillips |
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2009 |
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[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021 |
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ISBN |
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1-350-22145-7 |
1-84813-739-7 |
1-282-45354-8 |
9786612453540 |
1-84813-302-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Islam and politics - Western countries |
Islamic fundamentalism - Western countries |
Muslims - Western countries - Politics and government |
Sociology |
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Formato |
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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About the editor; Illustrations; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Muslim geographies -- spaces of hope?; Muslim geographies; Spaces of hope?; References; Part One Spaces of Hope?; 1 Spaces of hope: interventions; 2 Muslims in the West: deconstructing geographical binaries; 3 The hopeful and exclusionary politics of Islam in Australia: looking for alternative geographies of 'Western Islam'; Part Two Convivial Cities; 4 Veils and sales: Muslims and the spaces of post-colonial fashion retail; 5 Citizenship and faith: Muslim scout groups. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Debates about contemporary Islam and Muslims in the West have taken some negative turns in the depressing atmosphere of the war on terror and its aftermath. This book argues that we have been too preoccupied with problems, not enough with solutions. It acknowledges but challenges what has come to be viewed as the 'Islamic problem' - the |
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