Political and Cultural Representations of Muslims

Christopher Flood, D.Phil. (1981) University of Oxford, is Emeritus Professor in the School of Politics, University of Surrey. His books and articles have centred on ideological discourses, political myth, and defensive nationalism. His most recent book (co-authored with Stephen Hutchings, Galina Miazhevich and Henri Nickels) is Islam, Security and Television News (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).Stephen Hutchings, Ph.D. (1987) University of Durham, is Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester and President of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies. He has published widely on the Russian media and recently completed a major grant project on European television representations of Islam.Galina Miazhevich, Ph.D. (2007) University of Manchester, is Gorbachev Media Research Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford. She is also an associate of the Reuters Institute for Journalism, University of Oxford, and was previously a Research Associate at the University of Manchester. She has published extensively on media and socio-cultural change in post-communist societies. Henri C. Nickels, Ph.D. (2005), University of Amsterdam, is Programme Manager - Social Research at the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. He has published articles on the social construction of Muslim and Irish communities, recently including “De/constructing ‘Suspect’ Communities,” Journalism Studies (2012).

• List of ContributorsIntroductionUncovering an Islamic Paradigm of International Relations - John TurnerRepresentation and Self-Representation of Radical Islamism in the UK: Through the Mirroring Lens of the Political Self - Danila GenoveseWhy Wear a Headscarf in Parliament? Danish Secularist, Nationalist and Feminist Ideas about Muslims - Signe Kjær Jørgensen“People Think Our Lives Are Dark.” Diasporic Resistance to the Metaphoric Darkening of Female Islamic Identity - Chloe PattonReason, Passion, and Islam: The Impact of Emotionality and Values on Political Tolerance - Tereza Capelos & Dunya Van TroostIslamophobia and Turcoscepticism in Europe? A Four Nation Study - Ebru Ş. Canan-SokulluRepresenting Gender, Defining Muslims? Gender and Figures of Otherness in Public Discourse in Switzerland - Matteo Gianni & Gaetan ClavienThe French Anti-Racist Movement and the ‘Muslim Question’ - Timothy PeaceForeign Policy and its Impact on Arab Stereotypes in English-Language Popular Fiction of the 1970s-80s - Ahmed K. al-RawiExploring Anwar: Religion, Identity and Nationalism - Priyasha KaulCurating against Dissent: Museums and the Public Debate on Islam - Mirjam ShatanawiReferences