TY  - BOOK
AU  - Khan,Shahnaz
TI  - Muslim women: crafting a North American identity 
SN  - 0813022770
AV  - HQ1460.T63 K53 2000eb
U1  - 305.48/69710713541 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Gainesville
PB  - University Press of Florida
KW  - Muslim women
KW  - Ontario
KW  - Toronto Metropolitan Area
KW  - Interviews
KW  - Women immigrants
KW  - Women
KW  - Identity
KW  - Case studies
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Women's Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Moslims
KW  - gtt
KW  - Vrouwen
KW  - Identiteit
KW  - Toronto
KW  - interviews
KW  - aat
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Études de cas
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-144) and index; 1. Negotiating the Third Space -- 2. Subjects of Study -- 3. Resolving the Contradictions through Disavowal -- 4. Negotiating the Ambivalence -- 5. Selecting What to Believe
N2  - 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
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