Overview
- Explores the demarcation between the mainstream Islam dominant in the UK and West Yorkshire and Sufi African Islam
- Investigates how discourses of ‘otherness’ contribute toward the silencing of alternative Muslim performativities
- Highlights the production of Black identities in the diasporic space of West Yorkshire, UK
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The book highlights issues related to the construction of gender in Africa and African identity politics. It explores the limitations of the constructed category of “African Muslim woman” in West Yorkshire. Amina Alrasheed Nayel uses Black feminist epistemology along with postcolonial, feminist, and critical race theory to examine the multiple identities that Sudanese women negotiate in the UK.
The diverse settings of Islam and Islamic culture, circumscribed around issues of performativity of Islam and identity construction in the diasporic space are unpacked in this volume. In addition, this work analyzes specific practices and performances, starting with the multifaceted nature of Islam and the problematic concepts of “Sunni/Sufi,” “Muslim woman,” “race,” and “blackness.” The book reveals that exile, nostalgia, and racial/ethnic differences within Islam and the wider UK community underpin the performativity of Muslimness of the Sudanese women living in West Yorkshire, and reiterates the importance of moving beyond the homogeneity of the idea of “Muslim woman” towards investigating the complexities of this group.
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Amina Alrasheed Nayel received her PhD from University of Leeds, UK. She has served as Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Gender and Peace Building Program at the University for Peace, Costa Rica. She has also worked as a consultant for many international and UN organizations and as Program Manager of the Gender and Economic Policy Management Initiative, Arab States, with the UNDP. She is currently working as a consultant for women, peace, and security in Tunisia with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, UNDP, and other UN agencies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Alternative Performativity of Muslimness
Book Subtitle: The Intersection of Race, Gender, Religion, and Migration
Authors: Amina Alrasheed Nayel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44051-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44050-7Published: 07 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82970-8Published: 13 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44051-4Published: 26 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 242
Number of Illustrations: 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Religion and Society, Sociology of Religion, Migration