Screen LibraryHomosexualities, Muslim cultures and modernity
This book addresses the increasing role of queer politics within forms of Islamophobia, both by exploring the framing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues as a key marker of western superiority and by identifying the ways in which Muslim homophobia contributes to this dialectic.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship Series
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137002969 |
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This book addresses the increasing role of queer politics within forms of Islamophobia, both by exploring the framing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues as a key marker of western superiority and by identifying the ways in which Muslim homophobia contributes to this dialectic. "Momin's book is one of the best analysis of homosexuality and modern Muslim identity to appear recently. While the book is an in depth look at the current debates about Muslims and modernity, its theoretical tools are fundamental to understanding the complex notion of modernity. It reminded me of Timothy Mitchel's The Colonization of Egypt. Momin's book is a comprehensive work, exhaustively researched, judicious in its assessment and sets forth a theoretical model that will alter the way we understand Muslim modernity. An outstanding work. Its implications go to the heart of the debate about what modernity means." - Walid Saleh, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto, Canada "This book navigates deftly through the fraught relationship of Islam and homosexuality, pulling apart the quick equation of the West with the modern liberal embrace of gay rights and Islam with the opposite. Offering both personal and theoretical reflections, this is the landmark study that sets the standard for scholarship on the nexus between gay and Muslim." - Barry Adam, Professor of Sociology, University of Windsor, Canada. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137002952. |
| Carrier Form: | 248 p. : 6 ill. |
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9781137002969 : 1137002964 : |
| CLC: | C913.14 |
| Contents: | 1. In Search of My Mother's Garden: Reflections on Migration, Gender, Sexuality and Muslim Identity 2. Islam versus Homosexuality as Modernity 3. Problematic Modernization: the Extent and Formation of Muslim Antipathy to Homosexuality 4. Traditions and Transformations of Muslim Homoeroticism 5. Queer Muslims in the Context of Contemporary Globalized LGBTIQ Identity 6. The Politics of Identity and the Ends of Liberation 7. Beginnings. |