Being Young and Muslim: New Cultural Politics in the Global South and North

by Asef Bayat

Book Overview

"This is an excellent collection of essays on youth in a number of Muslim majority (and minority) societies in the context of globalization and modernity. A particular strength of this volume is its ability to highlight the multiple and contested roles of religion and personal faith in the fashioning of contemporary youthful Muslim identities. Such insights often challenge secular Western master narratives of modernity and suggest credible reconceptualizations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195369203
• ISBN13: 9780195369205
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.1" x 6.1"