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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Language and Muslim Immigrant Childhoods
Book SynopsisLanguage and Muslim Immigrant Childhoods Documenting the everyday lives of Moroccan immigrant children in Spain, this in-depth study considers how its subjects navigate the social and political landscapes of family, neighborhood peer groups, and the institutions of their adopted country. García-Sánchez compels us to rethink theories of language and racialization by offering a linguistic anthropological approach that illuminates the politics of childhood in Spain's growing communities of migrants. The author demonstrates that these Moroccan children walk a tightrope between sameness and difference, simultaneously participating in the cultural life of their immigrant community and that of a host society that is deeply ambivalent about contemporary migratory trends. The author evaluates the contemporary state of research on immigrant children and explores the dialectical relations between young Moroccan immigrants' everyday social interactions, and the broader cultural logiTrade Review“Overall, Garcia-Sanchez presents linguistic analysis and data in a way that balances sophistication of argument with clarity and accessibility to those without extensive linguistic training. As a result, this monograph should be appealing both to seasoned scholars and undergraduate students in linguistics and linguistic anthropology, as well as to cultural anthropologists and social scientists interested in Europe, migration, and childhood.” (Anthropos, 1 October 2015) “...García-Sánchez’s book adds to the current literature on socialization, identity construction, and immigration by showing how these larger issues can have direct impact on how the children of immigrants perceive themselves as accepted members of their societies.” (Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 18 May 2015)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viii 1 Introduction 1 2 Moros en la Costa: The Moroccan Immigrant Diaspora in Spain 28 3 Learning About Children’s Lives: A Note On Methodology 61 4 Moroccan Immigrant Childhoods in Vallenuevo 88 5 The Public School: Ground Zero for the Politics of Inclusion 125 6 Learning How to Be Moroccans in Vallenuevo: Arabic and the Politics of Identity 183 7 Becoming Translators of Culture: Moroccan Immigrant Children’s Experiences as Language Brokers 221 8 Heteroglossic Games: Imagining Selves and Voicing Possible Futures 257 9 Conclusion 289 Appendix 1: Working with Video-Recorded Discourse Data 307 Appendix 2: Arabic Transliteration Symbols 310 References 311 Index 349
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Oil and Islam
Book SynopsisDuring the 1970s and early 1980s, the Middle East and North Africa were perceived as being exceptionally successful, but now the region is viewed as a resounding economic and social failure. Islam is not only a religion, but also a political and social project. A major pretext of this work is to demonstrate how the tensions within Islamic movements feed directly into the economic, social, political, historical and religious arena of the region, and vice versa. An introductory chapter sets the context of the book. The core chapters of the book comprise an in-depth examination of the varied forms of oil revenue abuse. For examples, the past mismanagement of the tremendous wealth provided by oil. Following Islamic beliefs, revenue from oil should not finance wasteful consumption, but used instead for public welfare. Abstaining from interest calculations, there should be a case for keeping more oil in the ground. Indeed, oil has also stifled industrial development, and with declining oil rTable of ContentsThe Social Promise of Islam. Merchants and Soldiers in Islamic Society. Oil and Islamic Economic Principles. Oil and Muslim Societies. Rentier States Under Pressure. Islamism as a Social Protest and a National Assertion. Islamism and Oil Policy. References. Index.
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LUP - University of Michigan Press A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany Musical
Book SynopsisThe Jewish Culture League was created in Berlin in June 1933, the only organization in Nazi Germany in which Jews were not only allowed, but encouraged, to participate in music, both as performers and as audience members. This book intends to investigate and parse the complicated questions the existence of this unique organization raised.Trade ReviewAn engaging and downright gripping history. The project is original, the research is outstanding, and the presentation lucid." — Karen Painter, author of Symphonic Aspirations: German Music and Politics, 1900-1945."Offers a clear introduction to a fascinating, yet little known, phenomenon in Nazi Germany, whose very existence will be a surprise to the general public and to historians. Easily blending general history with musicology, the book provides provocative yet compelling analysis of complex issues." — Michael Meyer, author of Politics of Music in the Third Reich"With sensitivity and engagement Lily E. Hirsch contributes a critical opening chapter to the response of the German Jewish musicians, organizers, and audiences to the cultural ghetto forced upon them from the Nazi rise to power in 1933 to the aftermath of the Kristallnacht of 1938. Hirsch poses complex questions about Jewish identity and Jewish music, and she situates these against a political background vexed by the impossibility of truly viable responses to such questions. Her thorough archival research is complemented by her extensive use of interviews, which gives voice to those swept up in the Holocaust because they were Jews and musicians, some surviving under remarkable circumstances, most victims despite their belief in a higher value of the arts. A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany is a book filled with the stories of real lives, a collective biography in modern music history that must no longer remain in silence." — Philip V. Bohlman is the Mary Werkman Distinguished Service Professor of the Humanities and of Music at the University of Chicago, and is the author of Jewish Music and Modernity"Drawing on interviews with members of the Jewish Culture League and the memoirs of Anneliese Landau (head of the league's lecture department), Hirsch has produced and engrossing history of this Berlin-centered organization, which was created in 1933 by the Nazis to support Jewish music making and lasted until September 1941." — J Behrens, The Pennsylvania Academy of Music"The book presents a lucid and carefully researched picture of [the Jewish Culture League], revealing the many challenges—practical, intellectual, and moral—faced by its leaders and members amidst the increasing tensions of life in Nazi Germany." — Journal of the American Musicological Society
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The University of Michigan Press Exclusionary Violence
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The University of Michigan Press Queer Roots for the Diaspora
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is a fascinating and impressive piece of work, which makes animportant contribution to queer, post-colonial, and diaspora studies.” - William Marshall, University of Stirling
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The University of Michigan Press In Search of Tunga
Book SynopsisFocuses on young male migrants of rural origin who move to build better lives in Bougouni, a provincial town of southwest Mali. Based on 18 months of fieldwork, author Andre Chappatte explores their sense of prosperity and piety in what they call ‘tunga’ (adventure), a customary search of money and more dating back from the colonial period.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Style sheet Glossary Tunga: ‘Tomorrow is in God’s Hands’ [Introduction] Part 1: Navigating Street Life and Public Islam An Informed Bike Tour of Bougouni Public Islam on the street Islam under street lighting: an ambiguous ‘civilization’ Part 2: Motions and Ethics on the Earthly Path Struggles for Better Lives in the Hands of God The Resilience of Mande Figures of ‘Humanity’ Social Motions: Chinese Products and Material Modernity. The Mercy of the savanna [Conclusion] Notes Bibliography
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Hideous Characters and Beautiful Pagans
Book SynopsisExamining play texts, theatrical reviews, political discourse, and public performances of Jewish rights and rituals, Hideous Characters and Beautiful Pagans argues that Jewish stage types shed light on our understanding of the status of Jewish Americans during a critical historical period.Trade ReviewA formidable study, based upon a prodigious amount of research, for which the author is to be heartily commended. The breadth of archival coverage and the wide array of primary sources she has identified and consulted is exemplary."" - Eli Faber, John Jay College""A seminal study that will influence our continuing efforts to understand the 19th century American theatre. Nathans has pulled together various strands of Jewish history—religious, secular, theatrical—to weave a convincing pattern about the way Jewish plays and characters changed as the culture changed. This book has set a high bar for research in 19th century American theatre."" - Tice Miller, University of Nebraska
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews
Book SynopsisThis study adds to contemporary scholarship on cosmopolitanism by making the experience of Jews central to the discussion, as it traces the evolution of Jewish cosmopolitanism over the last two centuries. Through a series of case studies, the authors analyse the historical and discursive junctures that mark the central paradigm shifts in the Jewish self-image.Trade ReviewThis book has an extraordinarily grand sweep and offers penetrating and fascinating insights—a true tour-de-force."" - Michael Berkowitz, University College London""A thorough and exhaustive study of the history of the ‘cosmopolitan’ ideal and its relationship to Jewish identity from the Enlightenment to the present, providing short and incisive analyses of a vast number of texts. Because the writing is clear and does not get bogged down in arcane academic debates, Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews should appeal to a broad audience."" - Robert D. Tobin, Clark University
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Yiddish Empire The Vilna Troupe Jewish Theater
Book SynopsisTells the story of how a group of itinerant Jewish performers became the interwar equivalent of a viral sensation, providing a missing chapter in the history of the modern stage. Debra Caplan's history of the Vilna Troupe is rigorously researched, employing primary and secondary sources in multiple languages, and is engagingly written.Trade ReviewMarvelously ambitious in scope, consolidating in one volume the vast and diverse elements of the Vilna Troupe’s history. Caplan is an excellent storyteller, and clearly conveys the energy and excitement that characterized the Vilna Troupe at its best."" - Henry Bial, University of Kansas""A highly enjoyable book that will be of interest to aficionados of Yiddish theater and others with an interest in the history of Yiddish culture. The Vilna Troupe’s story is a great one, and Caplan tells is with verve and enthusiasm."" - Jeffrey Veidlinger, University of Michigan
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The University of Michigan Press Strange Cocktail
Book SynopsisThrough and in translation, poets have introduced new poetic styles, languages, and forms into their own writing, sometimes changing the course of literary history in the process. Strange Cocktail is the first comprehensive study of this phenomenon in modern Hebrew literature of the late nineteenth century to the present day.Trade ReviewLucidly written . . . dazzling. A major contribution to the scholarship of modern Hebrew literature in any language, and in English all the more so. Few scholars have the knowledge of language and poetic corpora to be able to pull such a project together."" - Shai Ginsburg, Duke University""Thorough and elegantly formatted . . . Jacobs is highly knowledgeable and demonstrates impressive expertise. A notable contribution to modern Jewish literary studies, Israel studies, and translation studies, as well as the field of modern Hebrew literature and culture."" - Naomi Sokoloff, University of Washington
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Secular Power Europe and Islam Identity and
Book SynopsisArgues that secularism is not the central principle of international relations but should be considered as one belief system that influences international politics. Through an exploration of Europe's secular identity, Sarah Wolff shows how Islam confronts the EU's existential anxieties about its security and its secular identity.
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University of California Press Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy
Book SynopsisAn exploration of time and space, rumors and silence, colors, tastes, and ideas that recreates the richness of Jewish life in Renaissance Italy. It points out that Jews were frequently uprooted and persecuted, and where stable communities did grow up, it was because the hostility of the Christian population had somehow been overcome.
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University of California Press Carnal Israel Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture
Book SynopsisBeginning with a startling endorsement of the patristic view of Judaism - that it was a 'carnal' religion, in contrast to the spiritual vision of the Church, the author argues that rabbinic Judaism was based on a set of assumptions about the human body that were profoundly different from those of Christianity.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on the Term Rabbis Introduction 1. "Behold Israel According to the Flesh": On Anthropology and Sexuality in Late-Antique Judaisms 2. Dialectics of Desire: "The Evil Instinct Is Very Good" 3· Different Eves: Myths of Female Origins and the Discourse of Married Sex 4· Engendering Desire: Husbands, Wives, and Sexual Intercourse 5· Lusting After Learning: The Torah as "the Other Woman" 6. Studying Women: Resistance from Within the Male Discourse 7· (Re)producing Men: Constructing the Rabbinic Male Body Concluding Forward: Talmudic Study as Cultural Critique Bibliography General index Index of Primary Jewish Texts
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University of California Press European Jewry and the First Crusade
Book SynopsisOne of the unanticipated results of the First Crusade in 1095 was a series of violent assaults on major Jewish communities in the Rhineland. The author offers a detailed analysis of these events, illuminating the attitudes that triggered the assaults as well as the beliefs that informed Jewish reactions to them.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction I. The Background The Awakening of Northern Europe The Growth and Development of Northern European Jewry Christian-Jewish Relations II. The Sources and Their Reliability The Christian Sources The Jewish Sources III. The Violence of 1096 Varieties of Violence The Devastating Assaults: A Closer Look IV. The Patterns of Response Preserving Jewish Lives Conversion or Martyrdom v. Subsequent Jewish Reactions The Return to Normalcy Memorialization, Rationalization, and Explanation VI. The Church, the Jews, and the Later Crusades Assertion of Effective Control over Crusading Related Economic Issues VII. Glances Backward and Forward Reflections of the Late Eleventh Century 1096 as a Watershed 1096 as a "Portent of Things to Come" New-Style Persecution and New-Style Martyrdom Appendix Abbreviations Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier
Book SynopsisTracing the long historical encounter between Islamic and Indic civilizations, this work explores how and why such a large Muslim population emerged in Bengal.Trade Review"For the study of Islam in Bengal, [The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1207-1760] is . . . the most important book to appear to date, and it deserves to be read by all historians of India and the Islamic world." * International History Review *"Enormously rich and insightful." * American Historical Review *"Magnificent. . . . Eaton has provided something unique in Indo-Islamic studies. . . . [He] ranges over the important aspects of that community's history, whether political and social, or cultural and religious. . . . This study must rank among the finest contributions to South Asian scholarship to appear for some while." * CHOICE *"Richard M. Eaton takes up two original questions and provides answers that should remain definitive." * International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Note on Translation and Transliteration Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE BENGAL UNDER THE SULTANS 1. Before the Turkish Conquest Bengal in Prehistory Early Indo-Aryan Influence in Bengal The Rise of Early Medieval Hindu Culture The Diffusion of Bengali Hindu Civilization 2. The Articulation of Political Authority Perso-Islamic Conceptions of Political Authority, Eleventh-Thirteenth Centuries A Province of the Delhi Sultanate, 1204-1342 The Early Bengal Sultanate, 1342-ca. 1400 The Rise of Raja Ganesh (ca. 1400-1421) Sultan ]alai al-Din Muhammad (1415-32) and His Political Ideology The Indigenization of Royal Authority, 1433-1538 Summary 3. Early Sufis of the Delta The Question of Sufis and Front-ier Warfare Bengali Sufis and Hindu Thought Sufis of the Capital 4. Economy, Society, and Culture The Political Economy of the Sultanate Ashraf and Non-Ashraf Society Hindu Society- Responses to the Conquest Hindu Religion- the Siva-Siilcta Complex Hindu Religion- the Vaishnava Complex 5. Mass Conversion to Islam: Theories and Protagonists Four Conventional Theories of Islamization in India Theories of Islamization in Bengal The Appearance of a Bengali Muslim Peasantry Summary PART TWO BENGAL UNDER THE MUGHALS 6. The Rise of Mughal Power The Afghan Age, 1537-1612 The Early Mughal Experience in Bengal, 1574-1610 The Consolidation of Mughal Authority, 1610-1704 Summary 7· Mughal Culture and Its Diffusion The Political Basis of Mughal Culture in Bengal The Place of Bengal in Mughal Culture The Place of Islam in Mughal Culture The Administration of Mughal Lawthe Villagers' View West Bengal: The Integration of Imperial Authority The Northern Frontier: Resistance to Imperial Authority East Bengal: Conquest and Culture Change 8. Islam and the Agrarian Order in the East Riverine Changes and Economic Growth Charismatic Pioneers on the Agrarian Frontier The Religious Gentry in Bakarganj and Dhaka, 1650-1760 Summary 9· Mosque and Shrine in the Rural Landscape The Mughal State and the Agrarian Order The Rural Mosque in Bengali History The Growth of Mosques and Shrines in Rural Chittagong, 1666-1760 The Rise of Chittagong's Religious Gentry The Religious Gentry of Sylhet Summary 10. The Rooting of Islam in Bengal Inclusion Identification Displacement Literacy and Islamization Gender and Islamization Summary 11. Conclusion Appendix 1: Mint Towns and Inscription Sites under Muslim Rulers, 1204-1760 Appendix 2: Principal Rulers of Bengal, 1204-1757 Select Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Selected Poetry of Dan Pagis Literature of
Book SynopsisDan Pagis (1930-1986) spent three of his adolescent years in a Nazi camp before arriving in Palestine in 1946. He became one of the most vibrant voices in modern Israeli poetry and is considered a major world poet of his generation. This title features translated poems, in which, Dan Pagis' voice can be heard celebrating the human spirit.
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University of California Press Jewish Icons Art and Society in Modern Europe
Book SynopsisWith the help of over one hundred illustrations spanning three centuries, this title investigates the role of visual images in European Jewish history. It shows how the coming of the modern period expanded the relationship of Jews to the visual realm far beyond the religious context.
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University of California Press A Radical Jew
Book SynopsisJewishness disrupts categories of identity because it is not genealogical, or even religious, but all of these, in dialectical tension with one another. An exploration of these tensions in the Pauline corpus, argues the author lead us to an appreciation of our own cultural quandaries as male and female, gay and straight, Jew and Palestinian.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Wrestling with Paul I. Circumcision, Allegory, and Universal "Man" 2. What Was Wrong with Judaism? The Cultural Politics of Pauline Scholarship 3· The Spirit and the Flesh: Paul's Political Anthropology 4· Moses' Veil; or, The Jewish Letter, the Christian Spirit 5· Circumcision and Revelation; or, The Politics of the Spirit 6. Was Paul an "Anti-Semite"? 7· Brides of Christ: Jewishness and the Pauline Origins of Christian Sexual Renunciation 8. "There Is No Male and Female": Galatians and Gender Trouble 9· Paul, the "jewish Problem," and the "Woman Question" 10. Answering the Mail: Toward a Radical Jewishness Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Jewish State
Book SynopsisElucidates the broad cluster of cultural, historical, and ideological tenets which came to comprise Israel's contemporary political system. This book demonstrates that such tenets were not arbitrary but in fact developed logically from Jewish political habits and the circumstances of time.Trade Review"Not only has Dowty skillfully attached a tremendous amount of data to a sophisticated conceptual framework, but he has also produced a most readable volume. The Jewish State will surely become a core work in the field of Israeli domestic politics." - David Rodman, Israel Affairs "A careful, balanced and often highly insightful analysis of the making and workings of Israeli democracy. The strength of The Jewish State lies in its ability to elucidate the Israeli political system by examining the interaction between traditional Jewish politics, the pressures of security and immigration, ideological and religious conflicts and, not least, the struggle between Jews and Arabs. Dowty has an intimate knowledge of Israeli society and yet maintains the necessary detachment from the kind of political commitment that mars so many works by Israeli scholars." - Times Literary Supplement"Table of ContentsLIST OF MAPS AND TABLES PREFACE TO PAPERBACK EDITION PREFACE PART I · THE SHAPING OF ISRAELI DEMOCRACY 1. Democracy in Israel 2. Jewish Politics 3. The Zionist Revolution 4. Building a Civic State 5. The Filter of Security 6. The Erosion of Ideology PART II · CHALLENGES TO ISRAELI DEMOCRACY 7. The Communal Split 8. Religion and Politics 9. Arabs in Israel 10. The Impact of the West Bank and Gaza EPILOGUE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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University of California Press The Challenge of Fundamentalism Political Islam
Book SynopsisOffers an important and disquieting analysis of this particular synthesis of religion and politics. The author sees Islamic fundamentalism as the result of Islam's confrontation with modernity and not only - as it is widely believed - economic adversity.Trade Review"No less than a clarion call to address what Tibi argues are deteriorating world relations before it's too late, this book urges political and religious leaders to foster cultural and religious tolerance among the world's religions."-Publishers Weekly "Tibi is arguing for greater understanding and communication between cultures, as well as for an Islamic enlightenment."-Charles Tripp, Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsPreface to the updated edition Introduction to the updated edition Preface 1. The Context: Globalization, Fragmentation, and Disorder 2. The Study of Islamic Fundamentalism and the Scope of the Inquiry 3. World Order and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein 4. The Sociocultural Background and the Exposure to Cultural Modernity 5. Cultural Fragmentation, the Decline in Consensus, and the Diffusion of Power in World Politics 6. The Crisis of the Nation-State: Islamic, Pan-Arab, Ethnic, and Sectarian Identities in Conflict 7. The Fundamentalist Ideology: Context and the Textual Sources 8. The Idea of an Islamic State and the Call for the Implementation of the Shari'a/Divine Law 9. Democracy and Democratization in Islam: An Alternative to Fundamentalism 10. Human Rights in Islam and the West: Cross-Cultural Foundations of Shared Values Notes Names index Subject index
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University of California Press A Mediterranean Society an Abridgment in One
Book SynopsisA work on Jewish communities in the medieval Mediterranean world that offers an unparalleled view of how people lived, traveled, worshiped, and conducted their economic and social affairs.
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University of California Press A Problem of Presence
Book SynopsisThe Friday Masowe apostolics of Zimbabwe claim they do not need the Bible because they receive the Word of God 'live and direct' from the Holy Spirit. This book documents how this rejection of scripture speaks to longstanding concerns within Christianity over mediation and authority.Trade Review"An insightful inquiry into a fascinating ethnographic case." -- Thomas Kirsch Journal Of The Royal Anthropological Inst "A rich and rewarding book, A Problem of Presence contributes to a number of fields and brings them into new alignments." Journal Of Religion In Africa "An important contribution, not just to scholarship on the African Church, but also to an emerging anthropology of Christianity." -- David Maxwell Books & Culture "Highly useful for readers interested in African studies, religious studies, the anthropology of Christianity, the history of African churches, and social movements in Africa." -- Erica Bornstein H-Safrica "A remarkably insightful book." Gladys GanielTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Map of Zimbabwe Introduction 1. Up in Smoke: Humility, Humiliation, and the Christian Book 2. The Early Days of Johane Masowe 3. The Question of Leadership: The Friday Message after Johane 4. Mutemo in Three Portraits 5. Listening for the True Bible: Live and Direct Language, Part I 6. Singing and the Metaphysics of Sound: Live and Direct Language, Part II 7. The Substance of Healing Conclusion Notes References Index
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University of California Press Forced Baptisms
Book SynopsisMakes use of archival sources to reexamine the Roman Catholic Church's policy, from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, of coercing the Jews of Rome into converting to Christianity. This title documents the regularity with which Jews were abducted from the Roman ghetto and pressured to accept baptism.Trade Review"This absolutely splendid research is destined to be a hallmark of scholarship in years to come." Catholic Library WorldTable of ContentsPreface 1. Negotiated Relations: Popes, the Church, the Jews 2. Favor fidei: The Birth of a New Jurisprudence 3. Offerings of Jewish Infants to the Catholic Faith 4. Cruel Grandparents 5. Denunciations and Retractions 6. Baptisms, Doctrines, Rites, and Symbols 7. Plural Identities: Neophytes Male and Female Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Cosmopolitans
Book SynopsisTold through a range of characters and events, this title illuminates many aspects of Jewish life in the area: the high profile of Jewish women, extraordinary achievements in the business world, the cultural creativity of the second generation, the bitter debate about the proper response to the Holocaust and Zionism, and more.Trade Review"Will significantly enhance our knowledge of Jews in the Bay Area, especially their uniqueness among America's Jewry." American Jewish History "An absorbing and colorfully detailed story of a minority's outsized impact on its society." Publishers Weekly "Excellent and thorough." -- Dr. Morton I. Teicher The Buffalo Jewish Review "Excellent and thorough narrative." -- Morton Teicher Jewish Journal Of S.florida "Rosenbaum has written a vibrant historical narrative." -- William Toll Western Historical QtlyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Boomtown: Tumult and Triumph in Gold Rush San Francisco 2. Woven into the Fabric: The Confident Community of the Gilded Age 3. Rooted Cosmopolitans: The Cultural Creativity of the Second Generation 4. Eden on the Pacific: The Challenges to Judaism at the Turn of the Century 5. Healing California: Jewish Reformers and Revolutionaries in the Progressive Era 6. Trials: Firestorms and Corruption, Terrorism and World War 7. With a Yiddish Accent: East European Jewish Neighborhoods 8. Good Times: The Jewish Elite between the Wars 9. Both Sides of the Barricades: Jews and Class Conflict during the Depression 10. Cataclysms: Responses to the Holocaust and Zionism Epilogue: Legacies of the First Century Notes Index
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University of California Press Body of Victim Body of Warrior
Book SynopsisLooks at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, this book explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Note on Names, Transliteration, and Photographs Preface: The Kashmir Dispute and the Conflicts Within Conflict Ethnography Acknowledgments Introduction: The Social Production of Jihad Part One Between Hijarat and Jihad in Azad Kashmir 1 * Between War and Refuge in Jammu and Kashmir: Displacement, Borders, and the Boundaries of Political Belonging 2 Protective Migration and Armed Struggle: Political Violence and the Limits of Victimization in Islam Part Two The Historical Emergence of Kashmiri Refugees as Political Subjects 3 Forging Political Identities, 1947--1988: The South Asian Refugee Regime and Refugee Resettlement Villages 4 Transforming Political Identities, 1989--2001: Refugee Camps in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the International Refugee Regime Part Three Body of Victim, Body of Warrior 5 Human Rights and Jihad: Victimization and the Sovereignty of the Body 6 The Mujahid as Family-Man: Sex, Death, and the Warrior's (Im)pure Body Conclusion: From Muhajir to Mujahid to Jihadi in the Global Order of Things Postscript: And, "Humanitarian Jihad" Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The God Problem
Book SynopsisExamines how middle class Americans juggle the seemingly paradoxical relationship between faith and reason. Based on interviews with two hundred people from various faiths, this book dispels the common explanations: that Americans are adept at keeping religion and intellect separate, or that they are a nation of joiners.Trade Review"Offers an important counterbalance to the overly simplistic atheistic challenges of Richard Dawkins and company." Publishers Weekly "A important book." -- Jerome P. Baggett Christian Century "Wuthnow writes in an accessible manner that challenges the reader to consider how Americans make sense of God... Wuthnow provides insightful and challenging research that is useful in understanding the unique paradox of American religious adherence and a commitment to reason as a matter of faith. This books serves both as a revelation of the complex rhetorical negotiation that maintains this paradox, but also provides insight into how people of faith may understand the tension that exists in their own congregations and the greater community they seek to serve." -- Joy E. A. Qualls EnrichmentTable of ContentsPreface Introduction One. Dangerous Dogma Two. Talking to God Three. Big Scary Catastrophes Four. Heaven Is a Wonderful Place Five. Jesus Sets You Free Six. Billions of Galaxies Seven. Conclusion: Don't Be Spooky or Weird Appendix Selected Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Who Will Lead Us
Book SynopsisRevolving around the central figure of the rebbe, this book explores two families with too few successors, two with too many successors, and one that believes their last rebbe continues to lead them even after his death.Trade Review"One might expect to find these riveting succession stories-of the rebbes of the Munkacs, Boyan and Kopyczynitz, Bobover, Satmar, and Chabad Lubavitch dynasties-in a TV mini-series rather than in a work of sociology and history. While fueled by an enormous amount of research, they read more like page turners where the obsession is not sex, but succession." MomentTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Prologue 1 Succession in Contemporary Hasidism: Who Will Lead Us? 2 Munkács: An Oedipal Challenge 3 Boyan and Kopyczynitz: Running Out of Rebbes 4 Bobov: A Clash of Families 5 Satmar: Succession Charged with Conflict 6 ChaBaD Lubavitch: A Rebbe Who Never Dies Final Thoughts Notes Index
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University of California Press Secure the Soul
Book SynopsisShuttles between the life of Mateo, a born-again, ex-gang member in Guatemala and the gang prevention programs that work so hard to keep him alive. This book uncovers the Christian underpinnings of Central American security.Trade Review"Extensively researched." Books & Culture "O'Neill's field work ... throughout the book, is impressive.; [Secure the Soul] opens up a range of important conversations." -- Jill DeTemple Marginalia - LA Review of Books "A deeply sensitive ethnography ... a watershed moment not only for students of Guatemala, but also for Latin Americanists, scholars of Evangelical Christianity, and critics of the national security state." -- Chris Garces Journal of Latin American and Caribbean AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Prologue Introduction Forgiveness 1. Insecurities Hamsters 2. Reality Pangs 3. A Calling Service 4. Left Behind Captivity 5. Forsaken Adrift Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix: Notes on Research Notes Reference List Index
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University of California Press To Be Cared For
Book SynopsisOffers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits (untouchables) in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, the author challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity.Trade Review"A major contibution to the anthropology of Christianity but also to the wider anthropology of religion as well as gender, class, and postcolonialism." Anthropology Review DatabaseTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Terminological Notes Introduction 1 • Outsiders 2 • Caste, Care, and the Human 3 • Sharing, Caring, and Supernatural Attack 4 • Religion, Conversion, and the National Frame 5 • The Logic of Slum Religion 6 • Pastoral Power and the Miracles of Christ 7 • Salvation, Knowledge, and Suffering Conclusion Appendix: Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Forcible Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2002 Notes References Index
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University of California Press American Islamophobia
Book SynopsisOn Forbes list of 10 Books To Help You Foster A More Diverse And Inclusive WorkplaceHow law, policy, and official state rhetoric have fueled the resurgence of Islamophobiawith a call to action on how to combat it. I remember the four words that repeatedly scrolled across my mind after the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. Please don't be Muslims, please don't be Muslims.' The four words I whispered to myself on 9/11 reverberated through the mind of every Muslim American that day and every day after. Our fear, and the collective breath or brace for the hateful backlash that ensued, symbolize the existential tightrope that defines Muslim American identity today. The term Islamophobia may be fairly new, but irrational fear and hatred of Islam and Muslims is anything but. Though many speak of Islamophobia's roots in racism, have we considered how anti-Muslim rhetoric is rooted in our legal system? Using his unique lens as a critical race theorist and lawTrade Review“Much like other notable works on Islamophobia by scholars like Erik Love and Moustafa Bayoumi, Beydoun looks at the scope and impact of domestic “war on terror” legislation in how it racialized Muslims and transformed everyday life within Muslim communities. What he adds with ‘American Islamophobia’ is the terminology and language to describe the demonization of Muslims from the state — and the necessary legal and historical context to understand the depth of structural Islamophobia and the tools needed to dismantle it.” * The Intercept *“Beydoun’s book, American Islamophobia, provides urgent and compelling context to a global phenomena that has mushroomed on our shores.” * Scoop *"[Beydoun's] ability to intersperse complex academic argument with engaging stories and anecdotes ensures that not only does his writing draw you in, but also one never loses sight of the human stories of insecurity, suffering and loss that are at the book's heart." * Critical Studies on Terrorism *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Crossroads and Intersections 1. What Is Islamophobia? 2. The Roots of Modern Islamophobia 3. A Reoriented “Clash of Civilizations” 4. War on Terror, War on Muslims 5. A “Radical” or Imagined Threat? 6. Between Anti-Black Racism and Islamophobia 7. The Fire Next Time Epilogue: Homecomings and Goings Notes Index About the Author
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University of California Press Music of a Thousand Years A New History of
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University of California Press Who Will Lead Us
Book SynopsisHasidism, a movement many believed had passed its golden age, has had an extraordinary revival since it was nearly decimated in the Holocaust and repressed in the Soviet Union. Hasidic communities, now settled primarily in North America and Israel, have reversed the losses they suffered and are growing exponentially. With powerful attachments to the past, mysticism, community, tradition, and charismatic leadership, Hasidism seems the opposite of contemporary Western culture, yet it has thrived in the democratic countries and culture of the West. How?Who Will Lead Us?finds the answers to this question in the fascinating story of five contemporary Hasidic dynasties and their handling of the delicate issue of leadership and succession. Revolving around the central figure of therebbe, the book explores two dynasties with too few successors, two with too many successors, and one that believes their lastrebbecontinues to lead them even after his death. Samuel C. Heilman, recognized as a foremost expert on modern Jewish Orthodoxy, here provides outsiders with the essential guide to continuity in the Hasidic world.Trade Review"One might expect to find these riveting succession stories—of the rebbes of the Munkacs, Boyan and Kopyczynitz, Bobover, Satmar, and Chabad Lubavitch dynasties—in a TV mini-series rather than in a work of sociology and history. While fueled by an enormous amount of research, they read more like page turners where the obsession is not sex, but succession." * Moment *"Riveting. . . . A great read!" * Haemtza *"An invaluable addition to the ranks of objective studies of a Jewish movement that continues to flourish in the U.S. even as more modern denominations decline." * Publishers Weekly *"Anyone interested in Jewish history mixed with a bit of palace intrigue will enjoy this book.” * Jewish Book Council *“...Heilman’s wellspring of facts and tidbits conveys empathy and sympathy to the old/new Hasidic yore on the American shore bounded by memory, defined by family genetics, and guided by a religion of law. . . . This is a well-researched tome.” * Reading Religion *"Anyone interested in Jewish history mixed with a bit of palace intrigue will enjoy this book." * Jewish Book Review *"Engrossing . . . . Required reading for anyone interested in the contemporary hasidic world." * Seforim *"Who Will Lead Us? includes many great stories, all of them sharply and engagingly told. Heilman’s account of the fight over the leadership of the Bobovers (resolved after years of infighting by the New York State Supreme Court) is worth the price of the hard cover volume alone." * Jewish Review of Books *“Heilman has drawn on many sources which he presents to us for the first time. He writes like a novelist thus making this a book that is hard to put down.” * Reviews by Amos Lassen *"Once again, students of Judaism and religious traditionalism are indebted to Heilman for his brilliant and insightful work." * Contemporary Jewry *"An in-depth analysis of how a very particular part of the Jewish world confronts modernity, post-Holocaust society, the modern nation-state of Israel, and a flourishing American Jewish community." * CHOICE *"Fascinating. . . . This book is worthwhile for insights into these insular societies; societies that many may find inspiring." * Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews *"Heilman is a master storyteller. . . .For readers interested in the internal dynamics of Hasidic communal life and in the adaptation of traditionalist Jewish groups to life in America, this book will be an enthralling and sometimes startling read." * Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Prologue 1 Succession in Contemporary Hasidism: Who Will Lead Us? 2 Munkács: An Oedipal Challenge 3 Boyan and Kopyczynitz: Running Out of Rebbes 4 Bobov: A Clash of Families 5 Satmar: Succession Charged with Conflict 6 ChaBaD Lubavitch: A Rebbe Who Never Dies Final Thoughts Notes Index
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University of California Press Camphill and the Future
Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more atwww.luminosoa.org. The Camphill movement, one of the world's largest and most enduring networks of intentional communities, deserves both recognition and study. Founded in Scotland at the beginning of the Second World War, Camphill communities still thrive today, encompassing thousands of people living in more than one hundred twenty schools, villages, and urban neighborhoods on four continents. Camphillers of all abilities share daily work, family life, and festive celebrations with one another and their neighbors. Unlike movements that reject mainstream society, Camphill expressly seeks to be a seed of social renewal by evolving along with society to promote the full inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities, who comprise nearly half of their residents. In this multifaceted exploration of Camphill, Dan McKanan traces the complexities of the movement's history, envisions its possible future, and invites ongoing dialogue between the fields of disability studies and communal studies. Trade Review"Diligent scholarship grounded in solid theoretical moorings and punctuated with perceptive personal interviews will make Camphill and the Future the definitive work on the first eighty years of this laudable humanitarian communal movement. It may well help shape that future." * Nova Religio *"Camphill and the Future…is an enjoyable and thought-provoking read. . . . McKanan not only challenges communal studies to seriously consider disability, but also makes a genuine appeal to students and scholars in disability studies to join the conversation." * Disability Studies Quarterly blog *"McKanan’s Camphill and the Future is an important contribution to the fields of both disability studies and the study of anthroposophy, communal movements, and Western esotericism." * Reading Religion *
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University of California Press Palimpsests of Themselves
Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more atwww.luminosoa.org. Palimpsests of Themselves is an intervention in current discussions about the fate of philosophy in postclassical Islamic intellectual history. Asad Q. Ahmed uses as a case study the most advanced logic textbook of Muslim South Asia, The Ladder of the Sciences, presenting in English its first full translation and extended commentary. He offers detailed assessments of the technical contributions of the work, explores the social and institutional settings of the vast commentarial response it elicited, and develops a theory of the philosophical commentary that is internal to the tradition. These approaches to the commentarial text complicate presuppositions upon which questions of Islam's intellectual decline are erected. As such, Ahmed offers a unique and powerful opportunity to understand the transmission of knowledge across the Islamic world.
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University of California Press Jewish Muslims
Book SynopsisUncovering the hidden history of Islamophobia and its surprising connections to the long-standing hatred of Jews. Hatred of Jews and hatred of Muslims have been intertwined in Christian thought since the rise of Islam. In Jewish Muslims, David M. Freidenreich explores the history of this complex, perplexing, and emotionally fraught phenomenon. He makes the compelling case that, then and now, hate-mongers target them in an effort to define us. Analyzing anti-Muslim sentiment in texts and images produced across Europe and the Middle East over a thousand years, the author shows how Christians intentionally distorted reality by alleging that Muslims were just like Jews. They did so not only to justify assaults against Muslims on theological grounds but also to motivate fellow believers to live as good Christians. The disdain premodern polemicists expressed for Islam and Judaism was never really about these religions. Rather, they sought to promote their own visions of Christianitya dynamic that similarly animates portrayals of Muslims and Jews today.Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Introduction: Jewish Muslims? PART ONE. BIBLICAL MUSLIMS 1. Paul’s Rivals and the Early Christian Discourse of Anti-Judaism First through Sixth Centuries 2. Making Sense of the Muslim Conquests Seventh through Ninth Centuries 3. “Drive Out the Slave and Her Son” Eleventh through Fourteenth Centuries 4. Imagining the Dome of the Rock as the Biblical Temple Seventh through Fourteenth Centuries PART TWO. JUDAIZING MUSLIMS 5. “New Jews”: Muslims as Foils for Educating Eastern Christians Seventh through Ninth Centuries 6. What Makes Islam Jewish? Allegations of Carnality and Irrationality Eighth through Twelfth Centuries 7. Muhammad the Jew, and Other Moralizing Slurs Twelfth through Seventeenth Centuries 8. The Logic, and the Consequences, of Defining Muslims as Judaizers Fourth through Seventeenth Centuries PART THREE. ANTI-CHRISTIAN MUSLIMS 9. Muslims Killed Christ!? Theological Arguments and Political Agendas Eleventh through Seventeenth Centuries 10. Conspiracy Theories: Muslim Agents of Jewish Malevolence Seventh through Fourteenth Centuries 11. How Muslims, Jews, and Romans Became Worshippers of Muhammad Twelfth through Fifteenth Centuries 12. Luther’s Rivals and the Emergent Discourse of Anti-Islam Sixteenth Century Afterword: Rhetoric about Muslims and Jews Today Acknowledgments Chronology Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Folk Literature of the Sephardic Jews Vol. III
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University of California Press Feeding Iran
Book SynopsisSince Iran's 1979 Revolution, the imperative to create and protect the inner purity of family and nation in the face of outside spiritual corruption has been a driving force in national politics. Through extensive fieldwork, Rose Wellman examines how Basiji families, as members of Iran's voluntary paramilitary organization, are encountering, enacting, and challenging this imperative. Her ethnography reveals how families and state elites are employing blood, food, and prayer in commemorations for martyrs in Islamic national rituals to create citizens who embody familial piety, purity, and closeness to God. Feeding Iran provides a rare and humanistic account of religion and family life in the post-revolutionary Islamic Republic that examines how home life and everyday piety are linked to state power.Trade Review"Wellman’s work is a powerful contribution in the best tradition of anthropology, from which sociologists of religion and Islam can learn a great deal." * Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review *"Beyond food studies, for those interested in contemporary kinship studies, or the anthropology of the Middle East, particularly Iran, [this book] sheds an important light on the inculcation of every day, embodied support for the illiberal state." * Anthropological Quarterly *"Feeding Iran offers an account of kinship and the intersection of kinship and politics. . . .readers are unlikely to mistake the emotional and perspectival empathy she applies in her fieldwork." * Religiologies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Translation and Transliteration Introduction: Kinship, Islam, and the State 1. Blood, Physio-Sacred Substance, and the Making of Moral Kin 2. Feeding the Family: The "Spirit" of Food in Iran 3. Regenerating the Islamic Republic: Commemorating Martyrs in Provincial Iran 4. Creating an Islamic Nation through Food Epilogue Notes References Index
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University of California Press White Utopias The Religious Exoticism of
Book SynopsisTransformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, are massive events that attract thousands of participants to sites around the world. In this groundbreaking book, Amanda J. Lucia shows how these festivals operate as religious institutions for spiritual, but not religious (SBNR) communities. Whereas previous research into SBNR practices and New Age religion has not addressed the predominantly white makeup of these communities, White Utopias examines the complicated, often contradictory relationships with race at these events, presenting an engrossing ethnography of SBNR practices. Lucia contends that participants create temporary utopias through their shared commitments to spiritual growth and human connection. But they also participate in religious exoticism by adopting Indigenous and Indic spiritualities, a practice that ultimately renders them exclusive, white utopias. Focusing on yoga's role in disseminating SBNR values, Lucia offers new ways of comprehending transformational festivals as significant cultural phenomena.Trade Review"Lucia’s sharp analysis and enthusiasm for historical and theoretical context dominates the book." * High Country News *"Being highly engaging and informative, this book is a valuable read for all scholars interested in contemporary questions of religion and spirituality." * Religious Studies Review *"Lucia’s work brings an important and timely perspective on the racialised power dynamics of [‘spiritual but not religious’] communities to the study of contemporary yoga." * Religion *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author Note Introduction 1. Romanticizing the Premodern: The Confluence of Indic and Indigenous Spiritualities Interlude: Cultural Possession and Whiteness 2. Anxieties over Authenticity: American Yoga and the Problem of Whiteness Interlude: “White People Are on the Journey of Evolution” 3. Deconstructing the Self: At the Limits of Asceticism Interlude: Sculpting Bodies and Minds 4. Wonder, Awe, and Peak Experiences: Approaching Mystical Territories Interlude: Producing Wonder / Branding Freedom 5. The Cathartic Freedom of Transformational Festivals: Neoliberal Escapes and Entrapments Conclusion Appendix 1: @Instagram Data for Public Figures Cited Appendix 2: Methodology Notes References Index
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University of California Press The Racial Muslim
Book SynopsisWhy does a country with religious liberty enmeshed in its legal and social structures produce such overt prejudice and discrimination against Muslims? Sahar Aziz's groundbreaking book demonstrates how race and religion intersect to create what she calls the Racial Muslim. Comparing discrimination against immigrant Muslims with the prejudicial treatment of Jews, Catholics, Mormons, and African American Muslims during the twentieth century, Aziz explores the gap between America's aspiration for and fulfillment of religious freedom. With America's demographics rapidly changing from a majority white Protestant nation to a multiracial, multireligious society, this book is an in dispensable read for understanding how our past continues to shape our presentto the detriment of our nation's future.Trade Review“Thought-provoking.” * Above the Law *"The Racial Muslim is an important, timely addition to the literature on anti-Muslim racism. Aziz succinctly compresses a broad, yet relevant, range of topics into a relatively short text, all-the-while interrogating power, White supremacy, structural racism and the intersection of religion and race in racializing processes." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"From her law professor perspective with an interdisciplinary approach, Aziz’s work recalls that of Kimberley Crenshaw, in which juridical science is combined with social sciences to achieve change: indeed, her work is not limited to the analysis of society, but seeks as an ultimate goal, social justice." * ReOrient *"Aziz unravels and then connects America’s torrid history toward religious minorities." * Journal of Church and State *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by John L. Esposito Introduction 1 • When American Racism Quashes Religious Freedom 2 • The Color of Religion 3 • Racialization of Jews, Catholics, and Mormons in the Twentieth Century 4 • From Protestant to Judeo-Christian National Identity: The Expansion of American Whiteness 5 • Social Construction of the Racial Muslim 6 • American Orientalism and the Arab Terrorist Trope 7 • Fighting Terrorism, Not Religion 8 • Officiating Islamophobia 9 • Criminalizing Muslim Identity 10 • The Future of the Racial Muslim and Religious Freedom in America Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Racial Muslim
Book SynopsisWhy does a country with religious liberty enmeshed in its legal and social structures produce such overt prejudice and discrimination against Muslims? Sahar Aziz's groundbreaking book demonstrates how race and religion intersect to create what she calls the Racial Muslim. Comparing discrimination against immigrant Muslims with the prejudicial treatment of Jews, Catholics, Mormons, and African American Muslims during the twentieth century, Aziz explores the gap between America's aspiration for and fulfillment of religious freedom. With America's demographics rapidly changing from a majority white Protestant nation to a multiracial, multireligious society, this book is an in dispensable read for understanding how our past continues to shape our presentto the detriment of our nation's future.Trade Review“Thought-provoking.” * Above the Law *"The Racial Muslim is an important, timely addition to the literature on anti-Muslim racism. Aziz succinctly compresses a broad, yet relevant, range of topics into a relatively short text, all-the-while interrogating power, White supremacy, structural racism and the intersection of religion and race in racializing processes." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"From her law professor perspective with an interdisciplinary approach, Aziz’s work recalls that of Kimberley Crenshaw, in which juridical science is combined with social sciences to achieve change: indeed, her work is not limited to the analysis of society, but seeks as an ultimate goal, social justice." * ReOrient *"Aziz unravels and then connects America’s torrid history toward religious minorities." * Journal of Church and State *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by John L. Esposito Introduction 1 • When American Racism Quashes Religious Freedom 2 • The Color of Religion 3 • Racialization of Jews, Catholics, and Mormons in the Twentieth Century 4 • From Protestant to Judeo-Christian National Identity: The Expansion of American Whiteness 5 • Social Construction of the Racial Muslim 6 • American Orientalism and the Arab Terrorist Trope 7 • Fighting Terrorism, Not Religion 8 • Officiating Islamophobia 9 • Criminalizing Muslim Identity 10 • The Future of the Racial Muslim and Religious Freedom in America Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Kushnameh
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Translator Kaveh Hemmat has provided us a vigorous and fast-moving text. . . . [that] entertains and instructs us as much as it did the readers at the court of the Seljuks." * Asian Review of Books *"This edition from the University of California Press is especially and unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library Islamic Literary Fiction collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists." * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on the Text Introduction The Epic of Kush Invocation Frame Tale A Story [of Alexander’s Travels in the East] The Story of Kush the Tusked Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Epilogue Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Archaeology of Islam
Book SynopsisExamining the archaeological implications of Islam as a force which can act upon all areas of life, this text provides an assessment of the means and methods of uncovering Islamic material records. Separate chapters examine the mosque; domestic environment; the Islamic city; and death and burial.Trade Review"This little book packs a punch ... this book has so much to say, and it should be read by both Islamic specialists and mainstream archaeologists." Antiquity " ... [a] stimulating and informative book." Journal of Islamic Studies "His goal is not only to demonstrate the richness and variety of the material culture of Muslim societies ... but also to interpret material culture and connect it convincingly to social characteristics" Aramco World "The standard of scholarship by the author is considerable and his reading and understanding of Islam most impressive" Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Plates. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. The Mosque. 3. The Domestic Environment. 4. Muslim Life. 5. Art, Trade and Ideas. 6. Death and Burial. 7. The Community Environment. 8. The Archaeology of Islam?. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Archaeology of Islam Social Archaeology
Book SynopsisExamining the archaeological implications of Islam as a force which can act upon all areas of life, this text provides an assessment of the means and methods of uncovering Islamic material records. Separate chapters examine the mosque; domestic environment; the Islamic city; and death and burial.Trade Review"This little book packs a punch ... this book has so much to say, and it should be read by both Islamic specialists and mainstream archaeologists." Antiquity " ... [a] stimulating and informative book." Journal of Islamic Studies "His goal is not only to demonstrate the richness and variety of the material culture of Muslim societies ... but also to interpret material culture and connect it convincingly to social characteristics" Aramco World "The standard of scholarship by the author is considerable and his reading and understanding of Islam most impressive" Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Plates. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. The Mosque. 3. The Domestic Environment. 4. Muslim Life. 5. Art, Trade and Ideas. 6. Death and Burial. 7. The Community Environment. 8. The Archaeology of Islam?. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Europe and Islam
Book Synopsis* Historical coverage of a topical which remains central to European politics and society today. * Ranges across 1500 years of European history. * Discusses the present situation and looks to the future. .Trade Review"This volume covers much ground: Western (mis)understandings of Islam, efforts to refute Islam, and latterly, to study it more objectively. Lucid and subtle ... recommended for undergraduates and above." Choice "Europe and Islam is one of the titles in Blackwell's fine series the Making of Europe ... this is one of the rare treatments covering the expanse of 1,400 years of Islamic history in a single volume ... a worthy introduction to the topic of contacts between the Western world and Muslims." History: Reviews of New Books "Europe and Islam is an interesting, readable text. It is perfect for university seminars in that it provides an overview of the history of the Christian-Muslim encounters and is sure to generate discussion and debate. And specialists will want to have a copy on their bookshelves as a reference..." Islam and Christian-Muslim relationsTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. Preface. 1. A Prophet and Three Continents. 2. Between Two Millennia. 3. Europe's Response - The 'Reconquista' and Naval Exploits. 4. The Role of the Holy City. 5. Conflict and Encounters in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries. 6. The Treasure of the Pharaoh. 7. The Lords of Fear. 8. 'Inimicus Crucis, Inimicus Europae'. 9. Renaissance Europe and the Turks. 10. Sultans, Pirates and Renegades. 11. The Age of Iron and the Enlightenment. 12. From the 'Sickness' of the Ottoman Empire to the Third Wave of Islam. Chronology. Bibliographical Note. Index.
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Harvard Center for Jewish Studies The Pride of Jacob
Book SynopsisKatz transformed our understanding of Jewish-Christian relations in the Middle Ages, the social-historical significance of Jewish law, the rise of Orthodoxy in Germany and Hungary, and the emergence of modern anti-Semitism. Here ten scholars discuss his work and its importance in reshaping the way Jewish history is studied.
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Harvard Center for Jewish Studies On Long Winter Nights
Book SynopsisIn this intimate memoir of a young Jewish woman’s adolescence and life in a nineteenth century Eastern European shtetl, Hinde Bergner recalls the gradual impact of modernization on a traditional world as she finds herself caught between her thirst for a European education, true love, and the expectations of her traditional family.
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Harvard Center for Jewish Studies Arguing the Modern Jewish Canon
Book SynopsisWisse is a leading scholar of Yiddish and Jewish literary studies and a fearless public intellectual on issues relating to Jewish society and culture. In this celebratory volume, her colleagues pay tribute with a collection of critical essays whose subjects break new ground in Yiddish, Hebrew, Israeli, American, European, and Holocaust literature.
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Harvard University Press Islamicate Sexualities Translations across
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