The I.B. Tauris Handbook of Sociology and the Middle East

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What we understand by the ‘Middle East’ has changed over time and across space. While scholars agree that the geographical ‘core’ of the Middle East is the Arabian Peninsula, the boundaries are less clear. How far back in time should we go to define the Middle East? How far south and east should we move on the African continent? And how do we deal with the minority religions in the region, and those who migrate to the West? Across this handbook’s 52 chapters, the leading sociologists writing on the Middle East share their standpoint on these questions. Taking the featured scholars as constitutive of the field, the handbook reshapes studies on the region by piecing together our knowledge on the Middle East from their path-defining contributions. The volume is divided into four parts covering sociologists’ perspectives on: • Social transformations and social conflict; from Israel-Palestine and the Iranian Revolution, to the Arab Uprisings and the Syrian War • The region’s economic, religious and political activities; including the impact of the spread of Western modernity; the effects of neo-liberalism; and how Islam shapes the region’s life and politics • People’s everyday practices as they have shaped our understanding of culture, consumption, gender and sexuality • The diasporas from the Middle East in Europe and North America, which put the Middle East in dialogue with other regions of the world. The global approach and wide-ranging topics represent how sociologists enable us to redefine the boundaries and identities of the Middle East today. Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction by Fatma Müge Göçek & Gamze Evcimen Part I. Pivotal Moments Introduction to Part I by Gamze Evcimen & Fatma Müge Göçek I. Israel and Palestine Segregation and Commingling: Jews and Palestinians in Israel’s New Mixed Towns by Gershon Shafir Neoliberal Apartheid in Palestine by Andy Clarno Constructing a Sense of “We” across the Lines of Conflict and Occupation: Joint Peace Movement Organizations in Israel/Palestine by Michelle I. Gawerc II. Iranian Revolution Ideology and Political Action in the Iranian Revolution by Misagh Parsa Gender Politics and the State in Postrevolutionary Iran by Nazanin Shahrokni III. Arab Uprisings and Egypt Front Stage and Back: Assessing “Transition,” Citizenship, and Violence in the 2011 Arab Uprisings by Benoit Challand Historicizing Space and Mobilization in Tahrir Square by Atef Said Dual Refusal: How the Labor Movement almost Toppled the Bahraini Monarchy by Amy Austin Holmes Ten Years On: Assessing the Outcomes of the Arab Spring for Bahraini Women by Magdalena Karolak IV. Syrian War and Refugees Extractive Landscapes: The Case of the Jordan Refugee Compact by Julia Morris Schooling in an Environment of Uncertainties: The Case of Syrian Refugee Children in Turkey by Çetin Çelik & Ahmet İçduygu Part II. Public Formal Space: State and Politics Introduction to Part II by Gamze Evcimen & Fatma Müge Göçek I. Development, Finance, and Neoliberalism Before the Boom: Oil Wealth, Shariah Scholars, and the Birth of the Islamic Finance Industry by Ryan Calder The Islamic Ethic and the Spirit of Turkish Capitalism: A Neoliberal History Making by Yıldız Atasoy II. Religion, Politics, and Lifestyles of Islam Islam as an Experiment in Global Citizenship by Mohammed Bamyeh When Do Muslims Vote Islamic? by Charles Kurzman and Didem Türkoğlu Against the “Exception”: Rethinking Turkish Secularism through the Diyanet by Berna Zengin Arslan and Bryan S. Turner III. Citizenship, Minorities, and Violence The Kurds and Middle Eastern “State of Violence”: The 1980s and 2010s by Hamit Bozarslan Social Construction of Minority Emotions and Sectarian Boundaries: Christian-Muslim Relations in Post-Arab Uprisings Egypt by Hyun Jeong Ha Muslimizing Turkish-Origin Migrants and Their Descendants: Diaspora Politics and Integration Politics by Ayhan Kaya Part III. Civic Informal Space: Culture and Society Introduction to Part III by Gamze Evcimen & Fatma Müge Göçek I. Space and Life Worlds Israel’s Biospatial Politics by Yinon Cohen and Neve Gordon Post January Revolution Cairo: Urban Wars and the Reshaping of Public Space by Mona Abaza II. Culture and Consumption Matrimonial Transactions and the Enactment of Class and Gender Difference among Egyptian Youth by Rania Salem Between Fashion and Tesettür: Marketing and Consuming Women’s Islamic Dress by Banu Gökarıksel and Anna Secor From Aspiration to Self-confidence: What Emotions and Clothing Tastes Tell Us about Class Inequality in Turkey by Irmak Karademir-Hazır III. Gender and Sexuality Queer Exceptionalism and Exclusion: Cosmopolitanism and Inequalities in “Gay-Friendly” Beirut by Ghassan Moussawi Culture, Class, and Young Women in Turkey by Ayça Alemdaroğlu Sexuality in Iran Revisited: Queer and Unruly Digital Constellations by ­Ladan Rahbari Part IV. Liquified Space: Beyond Borders and Boundaries Introduction to Part IV by Gamze Evcimen & Fatma Müge Göçek I. Refugees Migration, Security, and Insecurity: The Securitization and Hypergovernance of Islam and Muslim Societies and Diasporas by Michael Humphrey Negotiating Control: Camps, Cities, and Political Life by Silvia Pasquetti Governing Syrian Refugees through Tech by Elisa Pascucci II. Diaspora in Europe Muslims’ Civic Participation and Voting in France, Québec, and English-Canada: Do National “Models” Play a Role? by Emily Laxer, Jeffrey G. Reitz, and Patrick Simon Rethinking Diasporas of the Middle East: Kurdish Diaspora as the Global South in the Global North by Ipek Demir Jews and Turks in Germany: Immigrant Integration, Political Representation, and Minority Rights by Gökçe Yurdakul III. Diaspora in United States The Social Construction of Difference and the Arab American Experience, Revisited by Louise Cainkar Middle Eastern Muslims and the Ethical Inclusion of America as a New Homeland by Mücahit Bilici Between Sacred Codes and Secular Consumer Society: The Practice of Headscarf Adoption among American College Girls by Mustafa Gürbüz and Gülsüm Gürbüz-Küçüksarı Index