Islam, gender and migrant integration : the case of Somali immigrant families / Nahla al Huraibi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al Huraibi, Nahla, 1966-

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

The new Americans: recent immigration and American society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Somalis--Cultural assimilation--United States.

Somalis.

Muslims--Cultural assimilation--United States.

Muslims.

Americanization.

Immigrant families--United States.

Immigrant families.

Muslim families--United States.

Muslim families.

Women, Somali--United States.

Women, Somali.

Muslim women--United States.

Muslim women.

Sex role.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Al Huraibi addresses three questions: how do Somali immigrants negotiate gender notions and practices between those maintained in Somali culture and those adopted from mainstream American culture; how immigrants' understandings of Islamic writings on gender shape the negotiation process and how the integration process shapes their understanding of Islamic gender discourse; and to what extent resultant gender perceptions and practices reflect the transnational integration and cultural hybridism of two or more cultures. Al Huraibi concludes that respondents' cross-cultural selection of aspects f

Contents:

Gender, immigration and the Somali community of Columbus, Ohio

Islam, gender and ijtihad

Researching immigrant integration

Gender identity and gender roles in Somali immigrant families

Gender relationships and Somali immigrant integration

Ijtihad, gender and transnational integration.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781593327439

1593327439

OCLC:

880773418