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UNINA9910460971603321 |
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Autore |
Nash Geoffrey |
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Titolo |
Writing Muslim identity / Geoffrey Nash |
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London ; New York, : Continuum, 2012 |
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1-4725-4290-8 |
1-280-12372-9 |
9786613527585 |
1-4411-1729-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 p.) |
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English literature - History and criticism |
Islam and literature - History - 21st century |
Muslims in literature |
Muslims - Ethnic identity |
Islam and literature - History - 20th century |
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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 (pages [128]-136) and index |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Literature and the kulturkampf against Islam -- British migrant Muslim fiction -- Fixing Muslim masculinity, saving Muslim women -- Discoursing Muslim modernities and eschatologies -- Fixing the 'Islamic' terrorist |
Introduction \1.Literature and the Kulturkampf against -- Islam\ 2. British Migrant Muslim Fiction -- 3. Fixing Muslim Masculinity -- Saving -- Muslim Women -- 4. Writing Muslim Modernities and Eschatologies\ 5. Identifying -- the 'Islamic' Terrorist 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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The relationship between Islam and the West is one of the most urgent and hotly debated issues of our time. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of the way in which Muslims are represented within modern English writing, ranging from the novel, through memoir and travel writing to journalism. Covering a wide range of texts and authors, it scrutinises the identity 'Muslim' by looking at its inscription in recent and contemporary literary writing within the context of |
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significant events like the Rushdie Affair and 9/11. Examining the wide range of writing internationally that takes Islam or Islamic cultures as its focus, the author discusses the representation of Muslim identity in writing by non-Muslim writers, former Muslim 'native informants', and practising Muslims |
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UNINA9910791347303321 |
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Autore |
Grijzen Jantine |
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Outsourcing planning [[electronic resource] ] : what do consultants do in regional planning in the Netherlands / / Jantine Grijzen |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-63398-8 |
9786612633980 |
90-485-1259-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (338 p.) |
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Collana |
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Regional planning - Netherlands |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Primary source of info. : cover. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-312). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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List of Translations; Preface; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction: Outsourcing planning; 2. Assembling democratic legitimacy in regional planning; 3. A search for new planning practices in the Netherlands; 4. Consultants and the "running train" of the IJsseldelta South Project; 5. Consultants and "governance- light" in the City Region Arnhem Nijmegen; 6. Learning from American Public Policy Mediators; 7. Conclusion: Outsourcing planning: Plethorea and Khaos; References; Appendix: Bodies of Data; Summary; Samenvatting |
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This thesis addresses the wide involvement of consultants in regional spatial planning projects in the Netherlands. Although consultants have become important actors in public policy making, and media and politics have frequently addressed this as a probl |
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