American Muslim women : negotiating race, class, and gender within the ummah / Jamillah Karim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karim, Jamillah Ashira, 1976-

Series:

Religion, race, and ethnicity.

Religion, race, and ethnicity series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim women--United States--Social conditions.

Muslim women.

Women immigrants--United States--Social conditions.

Women immigrants.

African American women--Religious life.

African American women.

South Asian American women--Religious life.

South Asian American women.

Muslims--United States--Social conditions--Case studies.

Muslims.

Social classes--United States--Case studies.

Social classes.

Sex role--United States--Case studies.

Sex role.

Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations.

Chicago (Ill.).

Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations.

Atlanta (Ga.).

United States--Race relations--Case studies.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2009.

Summary:

African American Muslims and South Asian Muslim immigrants are two of the largest ethnic Muslim groups in the U.S. Yet there are few sites in which African Americans and South Asian immigrants come together, and South Asians are often held up as a "model minority" against African Americans. However, the American ummah, or American Muslim community, stands as a unique site for interethnic solidarity in a time of increased tensions between native-born Americans and immigrants. This ethnographic study of African American and South Asian immigrant Muslims in Chicago and Atlanta explores how Islami

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 African American and Immigrant Relations: Between Inequality and Global Flows; 2 Race, Class, and Residence in the Chicago Ummah: Ethnic Muslim Spaces and American Muslim Discourses; 3 Across Ethnic Boundaries: Women's Movement and Resistance in the Chicago Ummah; 4 Negotiating an American Muslim Identity after September 11: Second-Generation Muslim Women in Chicago; 5 Negotiating Gender Lines: Women's Movement across Atlanta Mosques

6 Negotiating Sisterhood, Gender, and Generation: Friendship between Second-Generation South Asian American and African American Muslim WomenConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.

ISBN:

9780814749111

0814749119

9780814748282

0814748287

OCLC:

779828156