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Alternative Performativity of Muslimness

The Intersection of Race, Gender, Religion, and Migration

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  1. Amina Alrasheed Nayel

    1. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut & Leeds

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  • 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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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Research Area Problem and Methodology

    • Amina Alrasheed Nayel
    Pages 1-44

  3. Sudanese Women and the Intersection of Identity and Islam in Historical and Contemporary Perspective

    • Amina Alrasheed Nayel
    Pages 45-75

  4. Reflections on Contested Identities: Investigating the Narratives of Northern Sudanese Muslim Women in West Yorkshire

    • Amina Alrasheed Nayel
    Pages 77-129

  5. Missing the Nile: Melancholic Nostalgia and Making Home

    • Amina Alrasheed Nayel
    Pages 131-167

  6. Conclusion: The Politics of Difference, Performativity, Identities and Belonging

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    Pages 169-185

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 187-242
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About this book

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. 




Authors and Affiliations

  • United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut & Leeds

    Amina Alrasheed Nayel

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

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