Geographies of Muslim Identities ─ Diaspora, Gender and Belonging

Aitchison (human geography, U. of the West of England, UK) et al. bring together 10 contributions from the social, cultural, political, historical, and economic subfields of geography, along with gender, cultural, and leisure studies, to understand the construction, representation, contestation, and reworking of Muslim identities in everyday life and international contexts. Contributors wish to reveal the diversity of Muslim identities, their geographical specificity and variation, and the ways markers of their identities are affected in time and space and how they interact with gender, race, and class. Research for the essays was conducted around the world, in urban, rural, regional, and national contexts, and with different social groups and forms of identities. Topics specifically consider, in particular contexts, migration and mobility; gender issues relating to education and the media; and belonging, including the experiences of young Muslim men following 9/11. Essay authors work in human and social geography, sociology, social and behavioral sciences, anthropology, and other fields in Australia, the UK, and US. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Professor Cara Aitchison is Dean of the Faculty of Education and Sport at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Peter Hopkins is Lecturer in Social Geography, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Mei-Po Kwan is Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Geography at the Ohio State University, USA.