1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955053503321

Autore

Contractor Sariya

Titolo

Muslim women in Britain : de-mystifying the Muslimah / / Sariya Contractor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-25740-3

1-138-61464-5

1-283-60612-7

9786613918574

1-136-25741-1

0-203-10630-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Routledge Islamic studies series

Disciplina

305.48/6970941

Soggetti

Muslim women - Great Britain

Women in Islam - Great Britain

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 (p. [182]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



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

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996644772803316

Autore

SAITTA, Armando

Titolo

Il problema italiano nei testi di una battaglia pubblicistica : gli opuscoli del visconte de la Gueronniere / [a cura di] Armando Saitta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Istituto storico italiano per l'età moderna e contemporanea, 1963

Descrizione fisica

volumi ; 24 cm

Collana

Italia e Europa

Disciplina

945.8

Soggetti

Italia - Storia - Sec. 19. - Fonti

Collocazione

X.3.A. 323/1 (III A coll. 22/1)

X.3.A. 323/2 (III A coll. 22/2)

X.3.A. 323/3 (III A coll. 22/3)

X.3.A. 323/4 (III A coll. 22/4)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Vol. 1. - XIX, 377 p. Vol. 2. - 427 p. Vol. 3. - 462 p. Vol. 4. - 502 p.