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Autore |
Contractor Sariya |
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Titolo |
Muslim women in Britain : de-mystifying the Muslimah / / Sariya Contractor |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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1-136-25740-3 |
1-138-61464-5 |
1-283-60612-7 |
9786613918574 |
1-136-25741-1 |
0-203-10630-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Islamic studies series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Muslim women - Great Britain |
Women in Islam - Great Britain |
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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 (p. [182]-200) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Foreword by Dr Alison Scott-Baumann; Acknowledgments; Note on terms, translations and transliterations; Introducing Muslim women's voices; PART I Giving voice; 1 The historicity of modern stereotypes; 2 Working with Muslims (women): methodological possibilities; PART II Taking voice; 3 Islam versus Muslim culture: the Muslim woman's voice; 4 'Ain't I a woman?': 'constructing' Muslim women; 5 Women's narratives of the hijab; 6 Islamic feminisms; 7 Metaphors, Muslim women and 'the media'; PART III Hearing voice |
8 Challenging 'Muslim women' stereotypes: 'She's just like my friend Bess'9 Feminine universality? Muslim sisters in the sisterhood; 10 Muslim women in pluralist Britain: dialogue, understanding and shared Britishness; Summary and conclusion: the power of voices: to talk, to share, to be; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Perceptions of Muslim women in Western society have been shaped by historical and sociological conditions such as colonialism, patriarchy and Orientalism. In Muslim Women in Britain, Sariya Contractor seeks to |
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reinstate the Muslimah as a storyteller who tells her own story.An exploration of the lives of British Muslim women, this book examines issues of femininity, Britishness, inter-communal relations and social cohesion. Presenting the reader with incisive narratives of Muslim women on familiar topics such as the hijab, Muslim women in the media a |
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