Cover -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Women8217;s Agency Within Intersection of Discourses -- 2 Culturalist Approach to Women8217;s Emancipation in the Netherlands -- 3 Globalization and Women8217;s Leadership in the Muslim Diaspora -- 4 Emergence of a Transnational Muslim Feminist Consciousness among Women in the WENAAZ (Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand) Context -- Part II Shifting Notions of Sexuality and Family in Diaspora -- 5 Multiculturalism and Religious Legislation in Sweden -- 6 Iranians in Britain -- 7 Changing Spousal Relations in Diaspora -- 8 Sexing Diaspora -- Part III Reflections on Islamic Positionings of Youth in Diaspora -- 9 Styles of Religious Practice -- 10 The Struggle to Stay on the Middle Ground -- 11 Young French Women of Muslim Descent -- Part IV Diasporic Space and Locating Space -- 12 Making Homes in Turbulent Times -- 13 Understanding Dutch Islam -- 14 Between Iraq and a Hard Place -- 15 Conclusion -- Index
Summary
In view of the growing influence of religion in public life, Muslim Diaspora in the West offers a timely contribution to scholarly debates and concerns raised in the West about Islam and Muslims within diaspora. Presenting the latest research from a variety of locations on both sides of The Atlantic, this volume will be of interest to scholars with interests in race and ethnicity, cultural, media and gender studies, and migration
