In and Out of This World : Material and Extraterrestrial Bodies in the Nation of Islam /

"With In and Out of This World Stephen C. Finley examines the religious practices and discourses that have shaped the Nation of Islam (NOI) in America. Drawing on the speeches and writing of figures including Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, Warith Deen Muhammad, and Louis Farrakhan, Finley shows th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finley, Stephen C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global)
RELIGION / Islam / General.
Black people > America > Religion > History.
African Americans > Religion > History.
Muslims > United States > History.
African American Muslims > History.
Islam > United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Black Bodies In- and Out-of-Place: Re-reading the Nation of Islam through a Theory of the Body
  • Elijah Muhammad, the Myth of Yakub, and the Critique of "Whitenized" Black Bodies
  • Elijah Muhammad, Transcendent Blackness, and the Construction of Ideal Black Bodies
  • Malcolm X and the Politics of Resistance: Visible Bodies, Language, and the Implied Critique of Elijah Muhammad
  • Warith Deen Mohammed and the Nation of Islam: Race and Black Bodies in "Islamic" Form
  • Mothership Connections: Louis Farrakhan as the Culmination of Muslim Ideals in the Nation of Islam
  • (Re)forming Black Bodies, White Supremacy, and the Nation of Islam's Class(ist) Response
  • Wheels, Wombs, and Women: An Epilogue
  • The "Louis Farrakhan" That the Public Does Not Know, or Doesn't Want to Know?: An Afterword.

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