Race, religion, and the 'Indian Muslim' predicament in Singapore /
"Indian Muslims form the largest ethnic minority within Singapore's otherwise largely Malay Muslim community. Despite its size and historic importance, however, Singaporean Indian Muslims have received little attention by scholarship and have also felt side-lined by Singapore's Malay-...
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| 语言: | 英语 |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2018.
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| 丛编: | Routledge studies on Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia ;
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| 在线阅读: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1630721 |
书本目录:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration and Conventions; 1. Introduction; "Race": Identity, Politics, Bureaucracy; Distinction without Difference? "Race" and "Religion"; The Primordial Predicament: Hybridity, Identity, and the "Indian Muslim"; The Outline of the Argument; Notes; 2. Histories of a Name: Making the "Indian Muslim"; Introduction: Identifying the "Indian Muslim."
- "Klings" and "Mohammedans" in Pre-war Singapore; Making the "Indian Muslim" in Post-war Singapore; Conclusions: A History of Names; Notes; 3. Alternatives or "Sub-communities"? Engaging with Internal Difference; Introduction; Fault lines and Differences: Differentiating "Indian Muslim" Society; The Burden of "Race"? Indian Muslim Social Hierarchies as Caste; Conclusion; Notes; 4. Dress, Drama, and Divorce: The Clash of Masculinities; Introduction: "Racialising" Difference, "Culturalising" Religion.
- Revealing Deviance: Tudungs, Saris, and "Racialised" Religion; Drama over Divorce: Avoiding Stigma through "Racialisation"; Conclusions; Notes; 5. Religion or Culture? Popular Practice and the Perception of Difference; Divine Norm and Human Variation: Locating Difference in Popular Religion; Of Saints and Shrines: Locating Indian Muslim Difference; From Shrine to Museum, and Back? The Curious Case of the Nagore Dargah; "Indian Muslims" and "Indian Islam"; The Illusion of Difference: Some Conclusions; Notes.
- 6. The Markers of Difference: History, Language, Identity; Introduction; Merchants or Paupers? Projecting "Indian Muslim" History; Malayisation: Process and Discourse; Making the Indian Muslim "Indian": Language, Religion, and Community; The Exigencies of a "Modern" Islam: Knowledge and the Problem of Language; Conclusions; Notes; 7. The Organisation of Religious Life; Introduction; Laws, Boards, and Secularism: Managing a Religion; At the "Pulse of the Community"? The Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS).
- It Takes Many to Do Much: Organising Indian Muslim Civil Society; Managing Indian Muslims: The Interface between State and Civil Society; Conclusions: Institutional Politics; Notes; 8. Representing "Indian Muslims": The Politics of Mediation; Introduction; Between Groups: Individuals and the Interaction of Institutions; Of "Leaders" and "Villages": Mediating Indian Muslim Interests; Contesting Religion: MUIS and the Indian Muslims; Conclusion: The Nature of Contestation; Notes; Conclusion; Disciplining and Disciplined Identities.