Muslim diaspora in the West : negotiating gender, home and belonging / / edited by Haideh Moghissi and Halleh Ghorashi

• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey, UK ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.6/97091821
• Soggetto topico: Muslim women - Western countries; Muslim families - Western countries; Muslim diaspora; Islam - Customs and practices; Multiculturalism
• Altri autori: MoghissiHaideh <1944-> GhorashiHalleh
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I Women's Agency Within Intersection of Discourses; 2 Culturalist Approach to Women's Emancipation in the Netherlands; 3 Globalization and Women's Leadership in the Muslim Diaspora; 4 Emergence of a Transnational Muslim Feminist Consciousness among Women in the WENAAZ (Western Europe, North America, Australi; Part II Shifting Notions of Sexuality and Family in Diaspora; 5 Multiculturalism and Religious Legislation in Sweden; 6 Iranians in Britain; 7 Changing Spousal Relations in Diaspora; 8 Sexing Diaspora ; Part III Reflections on Islamic Positionings of Youth in Diaspora9 Styles of Religious Practice; 10 The Struggle to Stay on the Middle Ground; 11 Young French Women of Muslim Descent; Part IV Diasporic Space and Locating Space; 12 Making Homes in Turbulent Times; 13 Understanding Dutch Islam; 14 Between Iraq and a Hard Place; 15 Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In view of the growing influence of religion in public life, Muslim Diaspora in the West offers a timely contribution to scholarly debates and concerns raised in the West about Islam and Muslims within diaspora. Presenting the latest research from a variety of locations on both sides of The Atlantic, this volume will be of interest to scholars with interests in race and ethnicity, cultural, media and gender studies, and migration.
• Titolo autorizzato: Muslim diaspora in the West
• ISBN: 1-315-59705-5; 1-317-09118-3; 1-317-09117-5; 1-282-89222-3; 9786612892226; 1-4094-0288-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807998703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in migration and ethnic relations series.