The invisible Muslim : journeys through whiteness and Islam
Whiteman, Medina Tenour2020
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Who are Western Muslims? Are they nameless taxi drivers and shopkeepers, or celebrity bakers and athletes? Yemeni poor or Saudi rich? Marginalised or privileged? Are hijabi women ultra-made-up and bejewelled, or suffocatingly swathed and oppressed? The nymphomaniacs of Orientalist fantasies, or the sexually repressed puritans of tabloids? An Anglo-American born to Sufi converts, Medina Tenour Whiteman stands at the margins of whiteness and Islam. In this book, she highlights the alienation that comes with feeling inwardly disconnected from majority-white cultures, while not outwardly appearing Muslim. Pushing the boundaries of thinking about Muslim identity, Whiteman explores what it can mean the world over; examines the pernicious effects of white Muslim privilege; and contemplates how multiple identities and backgrounds shape our relationships and sense of self.
Main title:
The invisible Muslim : journeys through whiteness and Islam / Medina Tenour Whiteman.
Author:
Whiteman, Medina Tenour, author
Imprint:
London : Hurst & Company, 2020.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781787383029 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.697091
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
272461