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Being and belonging : Muslims in the United States since 9/11 /
"From Chicago to Detroit to San Francisco, Being and Belonging takes readers on an extensive tour of Muslim America - inside mosques, through high school hallways, and along inner city streets. Jen'nan Ghazal Read compares the experiences of Arab Muslims and Arab Christians in Houston and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "From Chicago to Detroit to San Francisco, Being and Belonging takes readers on an extensive tour of Muslim America - inside mosques, through high school hallways, and along inner city streets. Jen'nan Ghazal Read compares the experiences of Arab Muslims and Arab Christians in Houston and finds that the events of 9/11 created a "cultural wedge" dividing Arab Americans along religious lines. While Arab Christians highlighted their religious affiliation as a means of distancing themselves from the perceived terrorist sympathies of Islam, Muslims quickly found that their religious affiliation served as a barrier, rather than a bridge, to social and political integration." "The ethnographies in this volume link 9/11 and its effects to the experiences of a group that was struggling to be included in the American mainstream long before that fateful day. Many Muslim communities never had a chance to tell their stories after September 11. In Being and Belonging, they get that chance."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781610441926 1610441923 |