Muslim Diaspora : Gender, Culture and Identity /

Muslim Diaspora : Gender, Culture and Identity / [print] ed. by Haideh Moghissi. - London, New York : Routledge, (c)2009. - xxv, 238 pages ; 24 cm.

Diaspora : history of an idea Islam in diaspora and challenges to multiculturalism Exilic readings of the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Koran Diaspora, ethnicity and problems of identity Islam and consecrated tortures Divided community of memory : diaspora come home 'Our' reflections in 'their' mirror : cultural politics and the representation of the Iranian diaspora in the Islamic Republic Gender, nation and diaspora : Kurdish women in feminist transnational struggles Discourses of Islam/secularism and identity-building processess among Turkish university youth The hijab controversies in Western public schools : contrasting conception of ethnicity and of ethnic relations Islamophobia and women of Pakistani descent in Bradford : the crisis of ascribed and adopted identities Diasporic narratives on virginity Iranian-American elderly in California's Santa Clara Valley : crafting selves and composing lives Like Parvin, like Najiba, like Heba, we are all different : reflections on voices of women in diaspora Denise Helly -- Saeed Rahnema -- Reza Baraheni -- Mark J. Goodman -- Ezat Mossallanejad -- Mary Ann Tetreault -- Hammed Shahidian -- Shahrzad Mojab -- Aylin Akpinar -- Marie Mc Andrew -- Halem Afshar, Rob Aitken, Myfanwy Franks -- Fataneh Farahani -- Mary Elaine Hegland -- Afsaneh Hojabri.



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Muslim diaspora.
Muslims--Migration.

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