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Author Zine, Jasmin, 1963- author.

Title Canadian Islamic schools : unravelling the politics of faith, gender, knowledge, and identity / Jasmin Zine
Published Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2008 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Gibson Library Connections, 2010)

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 369 pages)
Contents 1. Staying on the 'Straight Path': A Critical Introduction to Islamic Schooling -- 2. Framing the Analyses: An Examination of the Discursive Frameworks -- 3. Research Methodology: A Critical Ethnographic Approach -- 4. Role and Function of Islamic Schools in the Canadian Muslim Diaspora -- 5. Embodied Practices: Schooling and the Politics of Veiling -- 6. Islamic Schooling and the Construction of Gendered Identities and Gender Relations -- 7. Islamization of Knowledge and Social and Political Praxis in Islamic Schools -- 8. Politics of Teaching and Learning in Islamic Schools -- 9. Weaving the Strands of Discourse and Praxis: Mapping Future Directives for Islamic Schools
Summary Religious schooling in Canada has been a controversial subject since the secularization of the public school system, but there has been little scholarship on Islamic education. In this ethnographic study of four full-time Islamic schools, Jasmin Zine explores the social, pedagogical, and ideological functions of these alternative, and religiously-based educational institutions. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork and interviews with forty-nine participants, Canadian Islamic Schools provides significant insight into the role and function that Islamic schools have in Diasporic, Canadian, educational, and gender-related contexts. Discussing issues of cultural preservation, multiculturalism, secularization, and assimiliation, Zine considers pertinent topics such as the Eurocentricism of Canada's public schools and the social reproduction of Islamic identity. She further examines the politics of piety, veiling, and gender segregation paying particular attention to the ways in which gendered identities are constructed within the practices of Islamic schools and how these narratives shape and inform the negotiation of gender roles among both boys and girls. A fascinating and informative study of religious-based education, Canadian Islamic Schools is essential reading for educators, sociologists, as well as those interested in Immigration and Diaspora Studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-350) and index
Subject Islamic education -- Canada
Muslims -- Education -- Canada
Muslim girls -- Education -- Canada
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Islamic Studies.
Islamic education
Muslim girls -- Education
Muslims -- Education
Canada
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442687509
1442687509
9781442692947
1442692944