UID:
almahu_9947363475802882
Format:
256 p.
ISBN:
9781137007094 :
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1137007095 :
Series Statement:
Studies in European culture and history
Content:
Weber contributes to the ongoing scholarly discussion about Islam in the West, demonstrating how current thinking about gender violence prohibits the intellectual inquiry necessary to act against such violence, and analyzes ways in which Muslim women participate in the public sphere by thematizing violence in literature, art, and media.
Note:
Electronic book text.
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Epublication based on: 9781137007087, 2013.
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Introduction: De-forming the Connections between Muslim Violence, 'Culture' and Secularism 1. A Regime of Gender Violence: Honor Killings, Familial Violence, and Muslim Women's Subjectivities 2. Contentious Headscarves: Cleaning Woman, Forbidden Schoolteacher, Hijab Martyr 3. Troubling Headscarves: Covering, Artistic Reconfigurations of Public Space, and the Muslim Woman's Body 4. Freedom to Imagine the World: Violence and the Writing of Self 5. Violent Authenticities: The Work of Emine Sevgi Ozdamar and Feridun Zaimoglu Conclusion.
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Language:
English
URL:
Online journal 'available contents' page
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