FW: Political and Cultural Representations of Muslims

[Wodak, Ruth]

From: Signe Kjær Jørgensen [mailto:mail at signekj.dk]
Sent: 02 August 2012 12:24



Political and Cultural Representations of Muslims. Islam in the Plural


Relations between Muslims and non-Muslims have received unprecedented attention since 9/11. In many predominantly non-Muslim countries intense debates have focused on international relations with Muslim-majority states, but dilemmas of national policy and practice in incorporating domestic Muslim minorities have also provoked heated argument. Meanwhile, within predominantly Muslim societies, and within Muslim diasporas, relationships with non-Muslims have posed pressing questions about compatibility, antagonism or adaptation of beliefs, identities and customs. The essays forming this … read more<http://www.brill.nl/political-and-cultural-representations-muslims>multidisciplinary collection analyse concerns arising from clashing perceptions of Muslims in the political and cultural spheres: the majority of chapters deal with non-Muslim representations of Muslims, but several chapters reverse the perspective by examining Muslims’ own understandings of their relationships with non-Muslim societies.
Christopher Flood, Stephen Hutchings, Galina Miazhevich, and Henri Nickels (eds).
Contributions from Ahmed K. al-Rawi, Ebru Ş. Canan-Sokullu, Tereza Capelos, Gaetan Clavien, Danila Genovese, Matteo Gianni, Signe Kjær Jørgensen, Priyasha Kaul, Chloe Patton, Timothy Peace, Mirjam Shatanawi, Dunya van Troost, and John Turner
http://www.brill.nl/political-and-cultural-representations-muslims


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