New horizons of Muslim diaspora in Europe and North America [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Moha Ennaji

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2016]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 305.6/97094
• Soggetto topico: Muslims - Western countries; Muslim diaspora; Muslims - Western countries - Ethnic identity; Muslims - Cultural assimilation - Western countries; Multiculturalism
• Soggetto geografico: United States Ethnic relations; Europe Ethnic relations
• Persona (resp. second.): EnnajiMoha
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The authors in this book criticize the essentialist approach to the concept of culture which reduces all diasporic Muslims to one category and ignores other important factors that shape the attitudes and behaviors of Muslims in the West, particularly their socio-economic status, gender, age, education, social class, and attitude toward religion and the Western lifestyle. The majority of Muslims in North America and Europe are reluctant to be reduced to 'Muslim,' although some of them feel obliged to accept the label. In this volume, the various chapters reveal that diasporic Muslims are heterogeneous, given their diverse cultures and ethnicities; they are actually divided, not united, and have different views and interpretations of Islam and various attitudes and representations of Western realities. Due to their marginalization and often low social status, some Muslims turn to religion and traditional values and practices to overlook for their socio-economic exclusion from European or American society.
• Titolo autorizzato: New horizons of Muslim diaspora in Europe and North America
• ISBN: 1-137-55496-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910253349103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II