03403oam 2200673I 450 991046242670332120200520144314.01-138-61464-51-283-60612-797866139185741-136-25741-10-203-10630-X10.4324/9780203106303 (CKB)2670000000242275(EBL)1024602(OCoLC)811506165(SSID)ssj0000711612(PQKBManifestationID)12312469(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711612(PQKBWorkID)10721793(PQKB)10411506(MiAaPQ)EBC1024602(Au-PeEL)EBL1024602(CaPaEBR)ebr10603655(CaONFJC)MIL391857(OCoLC)811184173(EXLCZ)99267000000024227520180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMuslim women in Britain de-mystifying the Muslimah /Sariya ContractorAbingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (225 p.)Routledge Islamic studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-80251-4 0-415-66996-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-200) and index.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 voice8 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; IndexPerceptions 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 aIslamic Studies SeriesMuslim womenGreat BritainWomen in IslamGreat BritainElectronic books.Muslim womenWomen in Islam305.48/6970941Contractor Sariya.852249MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462426703321Muslim women in Britain1903095UNINA