LEADER 03435oam 2200685I 450 001 9910785893603321 005 20230801224418.0 010 $a1-136-25740-3 010 $a1-138-61464-5 010 $a1-283-60612-7 010 $a9786613918574 010 $a1-136-25741-1 010 $a0-203-10630-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203106303 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242275 035 $a(EBL)1024602 035 $a(OCoLC)811506165 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711612 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12312469 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711612 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10721793 035 $a(PQKB)10411506 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1024602 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1024602 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603655 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL391857 035 $a(OCoLC)811184173 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134918 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242275 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMuslim women in Britain $ede-mystifying the Muslimah /$fSariya Contractor 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge Islamic studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-80251-4 311 $a0-415-66996-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [182]-200) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a8 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 330 $aPerceptions of Muslim women in Western society have been shaped by historical and sociological conditions such as colonialism, patriarchy and Orientalism. In Muslim Women in Britain, Sariya Contractor seeks to reinstate the Muslimah as a storyteller who tells her own story.An exploration of the lives of British Muslim women, this book examines issues of femininity, Britishness, inter-communal relations and social cohesion. Presenting the reader with incisive narratives of Muslim women on familiar topics such as the hijab, Muslim women in the media a 410 0$aIslamic Studies Series 606 $aMuslim women$zGreat Britain 606 $aWomen in Islam$zGreat Britain 615 0$aMuslim women 615 0$aWomen in Islam 676 $a305.48/6970941 700 $aContractor$b Sariya.$01553031 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785893603321 996 $aMuslim women in Britain$93813258 997 $aUNINA