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The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean / Ken Chitwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chitwood, Ken, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslims--Latin America--History.
- Muslims.
- Muslims--Caribbean Area--History.
- Islam--Latin America--History.
- Islam.
- Islam--Caribbean Area--History.
- Ethnic relations.
- History.
- Latin America--Ethnic relations.
- Latin America.
- Caribbean Area--Ethnic relations.
- Caribbean Area.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 285 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title page
- copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Ch1- Putting Muslims on the Map in Latin America and the Caribbean
- An Americas Approach to Global Islam
- Further Globalizing Global Islam
- Why This Book?
- Overview of the Book
- Notes
- Ch2- The Question of Pre-Columbian Contact
- A Question of History
- Quick and the Question of Pre-Columbian Contact in the Americas
- Name It and Claim It
- Ch3- Los Moros, Spain, and the Making of the New World
- Longing for the "Ornament of the World"
- Al-Andalus and the Making of the Americas
- Muslim Servants, Conquistadors, Interpreters, Healers, and Colonizers
- Muslims and the Imagining of the Americas
- Andalusian Architecture in the Americas
- Conclusion
- Ch4- Enslaved Muslims and Their Enduring Legacy
- Servants of Allah, Enslaved in the Americas
- Inshallah and Insurrections
- Enslaved Muslims' Legacy in the Americas
- Ch5- Indentured Servants and Immigrants
- Muslim Indentured Servants from India
- Muslim Indentured Servants from Indonesia
- Newcomers from the Middle East
- Notes
- Ch6- Halal in Brazil and the Global Muslim Economy
- Why the Global Halal Economy Matters
- Muslims in Brazil
- Balancing Between "Elsewhere" and "Here"
- Between Being Halal and Being Here
- Muslim Economies in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
- The Religious Economies of Global Islam
- Ch7- Islamophobia and the War on Terror
- The Global War on Terror and the Americas
- The Question of Salafism, Jamaat al-Muslimeen, and Muslims in Trinidad
- The Tenuous Place of Muslims in Argentina's Public Sphere
- Fear and Terror Along the Triple Frontier
- Ch8- Seeking a Better World in Mexico
- Muslims in Mexico: Yesterday and Today
- The Muslims of Chiapas
- The Murabitun World Movement
- Is Another World Possible?
- Ch9- The Contest for Sunni Hegemony in the Caribbean
- Muslims in Cuba
- Turkey's Growing Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Mapping Turkey on Cuba, Reimagining Cuba as Muslim
- Petro-Islam Flows into the Caribbean
- Ch10- The Dream of a Latinx Muslim Homeland
- Latinx Muslims in the United States-A Demographic Look
- The Conversion Pathways of Latinx Muslims
- Dreams of al-Andalus
- Living as an "Imagined Diaspora"
- Al-Andalus as Imagined Latinx Muslim Homeland
- Ch11- The Americas as Part of a Broader ""Muslim World
- Areas for Further Consideration
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 09, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Chitwood, Ken, 1984- Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean
- ISBN:
- 1626379815
- 9781626379817
- Publisher Number:
- 40030703542
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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