Facing Race : White Australian Converts to Islam.

The figure of 'the Muslim' is constructed by both Muslim and non-Muslim Australians as incongruent with whiteness, but what of the experience of white Muslim converts, who shift from a 'raceless' white racial positioning to one that is highly racialised? Facing Race explores the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Alam, Oishee
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Melbourne : Melbourne University Publishing, 2018.
Collection:MUP Islamic studies series.
Sujets:
Muslim converts > Australia > Social conditions.
Race awareness > Australia.
White people > Race identity > Australia.
Islamophobia > Australia.
Convertis musulmans > Australie > Conditions sociales.
Conscience de race > Australie.
Islamophobie > Australie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion
Islamophobia
Race awareness
White people > Race identity
Philosophy & Religion.
Society & Social Sciences.
Australia
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Chapter 1: The white Muslim convert in theory and method; Chapter 2: Turning Turk; Chapter 3: Un-Australian; Chapter 4: Muslim constructions of the Wild White West; Chapter 5: Pin-up boys and ASIO spies; Chapter 6: Becoming and unbecoming white; Chapter 7: Reflections on culture and belonging; Conclusion; References; Index

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