
Aversion and Desire
Negotiating Muslim Female Identity in the Diaspora
Shahnaz Khan(Author)
Women's Press of Canada
Published on 1. January 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-0-88961-400-0 (ISBN)
Description
Shahnaz Khan presents the voices of Muslim women on how they construct and sustain their Islamic identity. Khan interviewed 14 Muslim women about their sense of power, authenticity, and place. Her critical analysis challenges the Western perception of Islam as monolithic and static. The women emigrated from Pakistan, India, Egypt, Turkey, Somalia, Iran, and Uganda. They share a common pride in their Muslim origins, even as they express concern about their position as women within Islam and how they are viewed by non-Muslim Canadians. Khan suggests that the women's narratives reveal a nostalgia and a longing for a stable and comfortable identity. This book will interest scholars in Women's Studies, Modern Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, and Cultural Studies.
Reviews / Votes
"Brings into the light the complex and contradictory ways in which Muslim women in marginalised locations negotiate, through resistance and collusion, the encounter with sexism and racism." -- Minoo Moallem, San Francisco State University. "Finally, a book about and by North America's Muslim woman. A book that examines the dualism of what it means to be a Muslim woman who comes from a different place, living in 'white Orientalist and patriarchal Canada'." -- Saraswati Sunindyo, University of Washington, Seattle.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 165 mm
Width: 215 mm
Weight
230 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88961-400-0 (9780889614000)
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Person
Dr Shahnaz Khan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology and the Women's Studies Program at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia.
Content
Introduction; Negotiating the Third Space; Subjects of Study; Resolving the Contradictions Through Disavowal; Negotiating the Ambivalence; Selecting What to Believe; Conclusion.