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Gender / Islamic Studies
Muslim Masculinities in Literature and Film
Transcultural Identity and Migration in Britain
Peter Cherry, Bilkent University, Turkey This is the first critical study to engage with British Muslim masculinities in the novels and films by British migrant and diaspora writers and filmmakers. Through close analysis of work by Monica Ali, Nadeem Aslam, Guy Gunaratne, Sally El Hosaini, Hanif Kureishi, Suhayl Saadi, Sunjeev Sahota, Kamila Shamsie, Zadie Smith, Zia Haider Rahman and Salman Rushdie, Peter Cherry examines how migrant and subsequent generations of ‘postmigrant’ protagonists negotiate their masculinity in a climate of Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 256 pages HB 9780755601714 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755601738 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9780755601721 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Gender and Islam • I.B. Tauris Islamist Politics and Women in the Turkish Media
Esra Özcan, Tulane University, USA Turkey has gone through an enormous transformation in the last decade under the rule of the AKP, including more restrictive gender policies. This book looks at conservative gender politics through the lens of images of women’s headscarves in secular and Islamic news media after 2002. Conservative women as political actors have rarely been studied in any country, and this book is the first analysis of the transformation of visual culture under the AKP governments. As well as examining women’s roles and political activity, the book provides a deeper understanding of the current politics and emerging authoritarianism in Turkey.
UK May 2021 • US May 2021 • 280 pages • 4 b&w images PB 9780755643783 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788314015 ePub 9781838600815 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9781838600808 • £26.09 / $35.17 Series: Gender and Islam • I.B. Tauris
Women and Equality in Iran
Law, Society and Activism
Leila Alikarami, SOAS, University of London, UK The most important international instrument for ensuring women’s rights is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), yet Iran is not yet a party to this. Leila Alikarami examines here the extent to which the actions of women’s rights activists since 1979 has led to a significant and tangible change in the legal status of women in Iran. Alikarami is a lawyer and human rights advocate and was a participant and activist in many of the events she describes.
UK May 2021 • US May 2021 • 360 pages PB 9780755641208 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781784533168 ePub 9781788318860 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9781788318877 • £26.09 / $35.17 I.B. Tauris
Activism and Women's NGOs in Turkey
Civil Society, Feminism and Politics
Asuman Özgür Keysan, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Civil society is often seen as male, structured in a way that excludes women from public and political life. But scholars and activists are currently trying to update this view by looking at women’s positions in civil society and women’s activism. This book is based on interviews with women activists from ten women’s organizations in Turkey. Foregrounding the voices of women, the book answers the question "How do women’s NGOs contribute to civil society in the Middle East?”
UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 224 pages PB 9780755643745 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788310130 ePub 9781786726315 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781786736376 • £81.00 / $106.83 I.B. Tauris
Women and Democracy in Iraq
Gender, Politics and Nation-Building
Huda Al-Tamimi, Australian National University, Australia
This book is the first full-length study of women’s political representation in Iraq. Based on interviews with politicians and substantial media analysis, Huda Al-Tamimi outlines the political, sectarian and cultural constraints facing female Members of Parliament, and the ways in which individual women and women’s organizations are actively challenging barriers to their political influence. The book offers new and critical perspectives on the evolution of Iraqi politics, a subject that remains of high priority for a region and international community interested in the nation’s reconstruction.
UK May 2021 • US May 2021 • 328 pages PB 9780755641222 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788312806 ePub 9781788316231 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9781788316224 • £26.09 / $35.17 I.B. Tauris
Women and Peace in the Islamic World
Gender, Agency and Influence
Edited by Yasmin Saikia & Chad Haines, Arizona State University, USA How realistic is the prospect of peace in the Muslim world? This question is the predominant focus for global analysis today, but its debate frequently ignores the cultural and social complexity of the Muslim world, reducing it into a system of states and select actors. This book addresses such a failing by exploring how the everyday interactions of women, in accordance with Islamic personal ethics, can offer the world a new interpretation of peace. Drawing upon original research from different parts of the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, including Iran, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Egypt and Sudan, the contributors offer a refreshing new look at Muslim women as peacemakers, challenging any assumptions of Islam as an inherently violent religion. Such a timely work provides new and important analyses on the role of Muslim women in forging new pathways of peace in the contemporary world.
UK June 2021 • US June 2021 • 440 pages PB 9780755644032 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781784530174 ePub 9780857737250 • £90.00 / $118.56 ePdf 9781786739841 • £90.00 / $118.56 I.B. Tauris
History, Religion and Politics
Edited by Juan Cole, University of Michigan, USA This book explores peace-building in the Qur’an and Islamic scripture, the theological and juridical traditions, Muslim ethics and mysticism (Sufism), political thought, and fundamentalism. Focussing first on the implications of the concept of jihad (struggle), and the importance of ?abr (forebearence) in Islamic thought, the book tracks the global prevalence of peace movements in Islam by examining the West African Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba, founder of the Sufi order the Muridiyya, which advocated peaceful opposition in the face of European colonialism. It also examines the surprising importance of peace in the thought of the Islamic fundamentalist Rashid Rida, as well as contemporary Islamist movements in Egypt.
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 240 pages PB 9780755643189 • £18.99 / $25.95 • HB 9780755643172 • £60.00 / $80.00 ePub 9780755643202 • £17.09 / $23.44 ePdf 9780755643196 • £17.09 / $23.44 I.B. Tauris
The Clergy and the Modern Middle East
Mohammad R. Kalantari, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK The Shi’i clergy are amongst the most influential political players in the Middle East. This book is based on exclusive interviews with high-profile Shi'i clerics, their close associates and local policymakers in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon. It shows how Shi’i clerics view the rise of Islamic extremism and the solutions to it, and also examines how the community’s situation and specific religious beliefs – such as the awaiting Mahdi, the last Shi’i Imam – impact on their attitudes and their impetus to counter violence.
UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 272 pages HB 9781838605568 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781838605582 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781838605599 • £76.50 / $100.32 I.B. Tauris
The Language of the Taj Mahal
Islam, Prayer and the Religion of Shah Jahan
Michael D. Calabria The Taj Mahal, built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1592-1666 CE) as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631 CE), is considered exceptional in the history of world architecture. This book provides a deeper understanding of the Taj Mahal and its builder by examining its inscriptions within their architectural, historical and biographical contexts. As well as offering a unique approach to the study of the building, the book uses the inscriptions to expound the foundational elements of Islam, the faith of Shah Jahan and also what the Taj Mahal still means today.
UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 272 pages • 30 b&w images and colour plate section HB 9780755637850 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755637874 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9780755637867 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Library of Islamic South Asia • I.B. Tauris Al-Shaykh Al-Saduq and the Development of Shi'i Hadith Literature
George Warner, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Ibn Babawayh – also known by his honorific title of al-Shaykh al-Saduk - was an Imami Shi'i scholar of the early Babawayh period. Of Persian origin, he is best known as a major hadith scholar, being the author of Man la yahduruhu al Faqih, one of the four canonical books of Shi'ite Islam. Despite his importance, until now there has been no scholarly work dedicated to this scholarly figure and his historic importance. The Words of the Shi’i Imams addresses this gap, shedding light on the richness of later Abbasid religious and intellectual culture.
UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 272 pages • 8 bw illus. HB 9781838605605 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781838605612 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781838605636 • £76.50 / $100.32 I.B. Tauris
Contesting Islamophobia
Edited by Peter Morey, University of Birmingham, UK, Amina Yaqin, SOAS, University of London, UK & Alaya Forte, SOAS, University of London, UK This book reveals the way in which Islamophobia’s pervasive power is everywhere being met with responses which challenge it and the worldview on which it rests. The volume moves beyond others by outlining the characteristics of contemporary Islamophobia across a range of public discourses in both Europe and the United States. Chapters examine issues such as how anti-Muslim prejudice facilitates the questionable foreign and domestic policies of Western governments; the operation of anti-Muslim bias in media and the arts; attempts to challenge Islamophobia in education; and forms of Muslim self-fashioning in popular culture and new media to oppose stereotypes.
UK May 2021 • US May 2021 • 296 pages PB 9780755641215 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788311632 ePub 9781788316132 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9781788316149 • £26.09 / $35.17 I.B. Tauris
The Hindu Sufis of South Asia
Partition, Shrine Culture and the Sindhis in India
Michel Boivin Within the complex religious landscape of modern India, the community of Sindh stands out as a powerful example of interfaith relations. This Hindu community moved to India and practiced Sufism following Sindh’s inclusion to Pakistan in the 1947 partition. Drawing on a close analysis of literature and poetry, interviews with key informants, and a reading of historic rituals and architectures, Michel Boivin demonstrates that this active religious minority has managed to retain its unique Hindu-Sufi identity amidst the rigidification of official religions in both India and Pakistan.
UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 256 pages • 12 bw illus. PB 9780755643691 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788315319 ePub 9781788319560 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781788319577 • £81.00 / $106.83 Series: Library of Islamic South Asia • I.B. Tauris
