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Title Artistic (self)-representations of Islam and Muslims : perspectives across France and the Maghreb / Ramona Mielusel, editor
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]

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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Cinematic Representations of Islam: From Imams to Radicals -- Chapter 2: Imams and Audience in Kaouther Ben Hanias Niche Filmwork -- Chapter 3: Representations of Radical Islam in Merzak Allouaches most Recent Films -- Chapter 4: De-westernizing the Gaze on Islam and the Veil in French and Franco-Algerian Films Abderrahmene Bourenane and Delphine Letort -- Chapter 5: Nicolas Boukhriefs Made in France: Nuancing the Mediatized Approach to Islamic Terrorism -- Part II: Veiling, Islamic and Artistic Symbols and Far-Right Politics in Literary Representations of Islam and Muslims -- Chapter 6: Jeux de rubans (2011) by Emna Belhaj Yahia or the (Un)Veiling of Modern Tunisia -- Chapter 7: Eclipsing the Sun in Amira-Gehanne Khalfallahs Le Naufrage de La Lune: Re-Appropriating Islamic Power Dynamics Through Allegory and Self-Representation -- Chapter 8: In Praise of the Transgressive Muslim Body: Portraits of Moroccan Chikhates -- Chapter 9: Islam and Far-Right Politics in Post-Contemporary Francophone Speculative Fiction: An Ethical Call to Resistance or Revival of French Orientalism? -- Part III: Representations of Islam in Music, Comic Series and Visual Arts -- Chapter 10: (P)raising Islam: When French Muslim rappers advocate for peace, love and unity in a Multicultural France -- Chapter 11: Drawing the Muslim Self: Muslim Citizenship and Contemporary Islam in France -- Chapter 12: Franco-Maghrebi Perspectives on the Islamic Body in a Contemporary Artistic Context: Kader Attia and Zoulikha Boubdellah -- Chapter 13: Conclusion
Summary Artistic (Self)-Representations of Islam and Muslims: Perspectives Across France and the Maghreb is a collection of essays that explores the question of artistic representation(s)/self-representation(s) of Muslim religious and cultural identity in France, the Maghreb and in/between since the 2000s. The volume offers a plurality of feminine and masculine voices and points of view on cultural Islam (Franco-French, Franco-Maghrebi, Maghrebi), all the while addressing the impact of events like 9/11, the tragic attacks in France in 2015-2016 (Charlie Hebdo, Stade de France, Bataclan, Nice), and the Arab Spring. Taken together, the volume features a transnational and transversal set of artistic voices that are not looking for consensus, but rather invoke dissensus (Ranciere) and a full range of expression. A necessary part of that full range of expression is (self)-representations: Muslims representing themselves, though this is no facile (self)-representations, as artists continue to use the properties of the imagination and performance to complexify an easy reading, reductive meaning, or oversimplified interpretation. This interdisciplinary study contributes to the fields of French and Francophone Studies, Humanities and Global/Cultural Studies such as political studies, sociology, political philosophy, literature, cinema, visual arts and media studies with a focus on broadening views on the topic of Islam and Muslim (self)-representations across disciplines
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 18, 2022)
Subject Muslims -- France -- Attitudes
Muslims -- Africa, North -- Attitudes
Group identity -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Islam and art.
Expression (Philosophy)
Muslims -- France -- Social life and customs
Muslims -- Africa, North -- Social life and customs
Muslims -- Attitudes
Expression (Philosophy)
Islam and art
Muslims -- Social life and customs
France
North Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Mielusel, Ramona, editor.
ISBN 9783030812348
3030812340