Muslim Diaspora : Gender, Culture and Identity / ed. by Haideh Moghissi. [print]

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

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