Muslim Women in Britain : De-Mystifying the Muslimah.

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Perceptions of Muslim women in Western society have been shaped by historical and sociological conditions such as colonialism, patriarchy and Orientalism. In Muslim Women in Britain, Sariya Contractor seeks to reinstate the Muslimah as a storyteller who tells her own story. An exploration of the liv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Contractor, Sariya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Majmūʻah-ʼi ʻulūm va maʻārif-i Islāmī.
Temas:
Muslim women > Great Britain.
Women in Islam > Great Britain.
Musulmanes > Grande-Bretagne.
Femmes dans l'islam > Grande-Bretagne.
Muslim women
Women in Islam
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Foreword by Dr Alison Scott-Baumann; Acknowledgments; Note on terms, translations and transliterations; Introducing Muslim women's voices; PART I Giving voice; 1 The historicity of modern stereotypes; 2 Working with Muslims (women): methodological possibilities; PART II Taking voice; 3 Islam versus Muslim culture: the Muslim woman's voice; 4 'Ain't I a woman?': 'constructing' Muslim women; 5 Women's narratives of the hijab; 6 Islamic feminisms; 7 Metaphors, Muslim women and 'the media'; PART III Hearing voice
  • 8 Challenging 'Muslim women' stereotypes: 'She's just like my friend Bess'9 Feminine universality? Muslim sisters in the sisterhood; 10 Muslim women in pluralist Britain: dialogue, understanding and shared Britishness; Summary and conclusion: the power of voices: to talk, to share, to be; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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