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Nationalism and minority identities in Islamic societies /

The movement of nation building in Islamic societies away from the secular or Pan-Arab models of the early twentieth century toward a variety of 'nationalisms' was accompanied by growing antagonism between the Muslim majority and ethnic or religious minorities. The papers in "National...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Shatzmiller, Maya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005.
Colección:Studies in nationalism and ethnic conflict.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Maya Shatzmiller
  • From Dhimmis to minorities: shifting constructions of the non-Muslim other from early to modern Islam / Richard C. Martin
  • Copts: fully Egyptian, but for a tattoo? / Pieternella Van Doorn-Harder
  • The Egyptian copts: nationalism, ethnicity, and definition of identity for a religious minority / Charles D. Smith
  • The sheep and the goats? Christian groups in Lebanon and Egypt in comparative perspective / Paul S. Rowe
  • The Christians of Pakistan: the interaction of law and caste in maintaining "outsider" status / Linda S. Walbridge
  • The Baha'i minority and nationalism in contemporary Iran / Juan R.I. Cole
  • Royal interest in local culture: amazigh identity and the Moroccan state / David L. Crawford
  • The Berbers in Algeria: politicized ethnicity and ethnicized politics / Azzedine Layachi
  • Kurdish nationalism in Turkey / M. Hakan Yavuz
  • The Kurdish minority identity in Iraq / Michael M. Gunter
  • Conclusion / Maya Shatzmiller.