Muslim networks and transnational communities in and across Europe [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stefano Allievi and Jørgen Nielsen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811728503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-46704-5; 9786610467044; 1-4175-0674-1; 90-474-0178-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Collana: Muslim minorities, , 1570-7571 ; ; v. 1
• Altri autori (Persone): AllieviStefano; NielsenJørgen S
• Disciplina: 305.6/97104
• Soggetti: Muslims - Europe; Islam in mass media; Minorities - Europe; Muslims - Cultural assimilation - Europe; Europe Ethnic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; CHAPTER ONE: Islam in the public space: social networks, media and neo-communities; CHAPTER TWO: Transnational Islam and the integration of Islam in Europe; CHAPTER THREE: Gender, generation, and the reform of tradition: from Muslim majority societies to Western Europe; CHAPTER FOUR: 'Human nationalisms' versus 'inhuman globalisms': cultural economies of globalisation and the re-imagining of Muslim identities in Europe and the Middle East; CHAPTER FIVE: Towards a critical Islam: European Muslims and the changing boundaries of transnational religious discourseCHAPTER SIX: Turkish political Islam and Europe: story of an opportunistic intimacy; CHAPTER SEVEN: Islamic TV programmes as a forum of a religious discourse; CHAPTER EIGHT: Transnational or interethnic marriages of Turkish migrants: the (in)significance of religious or ethnic affiliations; CHAPTER NINE: Communication strategies and public commitments: ; the example of a Sufi order in Europe; CHAPTER TEN: Transnational Islam versus ethnic Islam in eastern Europe: The role of the mass mediaCHAPTER ELEVEN: Virtual transnationalism: Uygur communities in Europe and the quest for Eastern Turkestan independence; CHAPTER TWELVE: Diaspora, transnationalism and Islam: Sites of change and modes of research; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: The topic of this collection of articles is the increasingly transnational nature of Islam in Europe as well as the mechanisms by which the transnationalism is activated, especially the media. The papers integrate specific case studies with more general and thematic considerations.