Islam, Asia, and Modernity: Part 4: The Crisis of Masculine Identities in Post Soviet and Post 9-11 Muslim Asia

2005

English

(? mins) A three-day conference to explore the changing politics, practices, and representations of Islam in Asia; how these changes are studied, documented, taught, and represented in the academy and the media; and how these practices affect politics, society, and culture in Muslim Asia.

Part 4: The Crisis of Masculine Identities in Post Soviet and Post 9-11 Muslim Asia - "Muslim Masculinity in post-Soviet Space after 9-11" by Jakob Rigi; "Modern States, Governance and Crisis of Muslim Masculinity in Southwestern and Central Asia" by Nazif Shahrani; "Masculinization/Arabization vs. Feminization/De-Arabization" by Ulil Abshar Abdalla.

Discussant: Carlo Bonura; Chair: Tani Barlow.