Title Muslim women : crafting a North American identity / Shahnaz Khan

Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 151 pages) Contents 1. Negotiating the Third Space -- 2. Subjects of Study -- 3. Resolving the Contradictions through Disavowal -- 4. Negotiating the Ambivalence -- 5. Selecting What to Believe Summary Stereotypes depict Muslim women as exotic, oppressed by Islam, subject to rigid notions of how to be an authentic and proper Muslim. Moving beyond traditional Western, Orientalist, and patriarchal discourse, Shahnaz suggests how Muslim women living in North America form their Islamic identity. Using interviews with 14 Muslim women from Canada, the author, herself an immigrant, examines how the women challenge and resist the stereotypes and achieve new ways of being Muslim. Her analysis provides an account of the trauma they experience during dislocation and of their behavior in everyday encounters with racism, sexism, and stereotyping in such areas as employment, education, and parenthood. Her conclusions challenge the perceptions of Islam as monolithic and static and, she argues, expose the hidden agendas of political strategies that seek to constrain diverse ethnic groups. Resisting easy explanations about Muslim identity, this book makes a contribution to understanding the intersection of race, class, gender, sexuality, and religion in the experience of Muslim women living in Canada. It will be of interest to scholars in women's and cultural studies, diasporic studies, and modern Islamic studies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-144) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Muslim women -- Ontario -- Toronto Metropolitan Area -- Interviews Women immigrants -- Ontario -- Toronto Metropolitan Area -- Interviews Women -- Ontario -- Toronto Metropolitan Area -- Identity -- Case studies SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. Muslim women Women -- Identity Women immigrants Moslims. Vrouwen. Identiteit. Ontario -- Toronto Metropolitan Area Toronto. Genre/Form interviews. Case studies Interviews Case studies. Interviews. Études de cas. Interviews. Form Electronic book LC no. 99059749 ISBN 0813022770 9780813022772 9781459320277 1459320271

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