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

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"Focusing on women, who sometimes move outside of their ethnic Muslim spaced and interact with other Muslim ethnic groups in search of gender justice, this ethnographic study of African American and South Asian immigrant Muslims in Chicago and Atlanta explores how Islamic ideas of racial harmon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Karim, Jamillah Ashira, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2009.
Colección:Religion, race, and ethnicity.
Temas:
Muslim women > United States > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
African American women > Religious life.
South Asian American women > Religious life.
Muslims > United States > Social conditions > Case studies.
Social classes > United States > Case studies.
Sex role > United States > Case studies.
Musulmanes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Immigrantes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Noires américaines > Vie religieuse.
Américaines d'origine sud-asiatique > Vie religieuse.
Musulmans > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Études de cas.
Classes sociales > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Muslim women > Social conditions.
Muslims > Social conditions.
Race relations.
Sex role.
Social classes.
Women immigrants > Social conditions.
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Race relations.
United States > Race relations > Case studies.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Études de cas.
Georgia > Atlanta.
Illinois > Chicago.
United States.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Focusing on women, who sometimes move outside of their ethnic Muslim spaced and interact with other Muslim ethnic groups in search of gender justice, this ethnographic study of African American and South Asian immigrant Muslims in Chicago and Atlanta explores how Islamic ideas of racial harmony and equality create hopeful possibilities in an American society that remains challenged by race and class inequalities."--Page 4 of cover.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 292 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.
ISBN:9780814749111
0814749119

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