TY - BOOK AU - Soliman,Asmaa TI - European Muslims Transforming the Public Sphere: Religious Participation in the Arts, Media and Civil Society T2 - Routledge Studies in Religion Series SN - 9781351607032 AV - BP65.G4 S64 2018 U1 - 305.6/970943 PY - 2017/// CY - Oxford PB - Taylor & Francis Group KW - Muslims-Germany KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Introduction -- Topic and question -- Muslims, multiculturalism and secularism in Germany -- Methodology and case studies -- 1 Review of literature and theoretical framework -- German Muslim identity, European Muslim identity and hybrid identity -- European Muslims in the public sphere and counterpublics -- Contributions and participatory culture -- 2 German Muslim identity - an inside perspective -- German Muslim identity -- Defining German identity and Muslim identity -- Context of multiculturalism and Germany -- 3 Participatory culture: strong counterpublics -- Introduction into case studies -- Disappointment with dominant public: exclusion, misrepresentation and restrictions -- Self-definitions and alternative identity representations -- Agitational orientation: challenging and criticising the dominant public -- 4 Participatory culture: soft counterpublics -- Tasnim Baghdadi and her art -- The poetry association I-Slam -- Baghdadi's art, I-Slam's poetry, participatory culture and counterpublics -- 5 Participatory culture: beyond counterpublics -- Spiritual music publics - the case of Huelya Kandemir -- Theatrical comedy publics: the case of Uma Lamo -- Social publics: the cases of Lifemakers and Zahnraeder -- Case studies and counterpublics -- Conclusion -- Index N2 - This book puts forward a new approach to understanding minority public engagement by utilising the concepts of counterpublics and participatory culture to re-examine the Muslim engagement with the European public sphere UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5164105 ER -