American Muslim Women Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender Within the Ummah

Name: American Muslim Women Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender Within the Ummah
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ISBN: 9780814748107

ISBN-10: 0814748104

ISBN-13: 9780814748107

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jamillah Karim

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Provide[s] engaging insights into the lives of contemporary American Muslim women. . . . Drawing occasionally on her own experiences and deftly but lightly invoking the relevant interdisciplinary theoretical literature, [Karim] has produced a book that flows beautifully to its thoughtful conclusion. --Karen Isaksen Leonard, author of Muslims in the United States: The State of Research 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…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 12/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Jamillah Karim is an international lecturer in race, gender, and Islam in America. She was formerly Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Spelman College. She is the author of American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender within the Ummah.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



African American and Immigrant Relations: Between Inequality and Global Flows



Race, Class, and Residence in the Chicago Ummah: Ethnic Muslim Spaces and American Muslim Discourses



Across Ethnic Boundaries: Women's Movement and Resistance in the Chicago Ummah



Negotiating an American Muslim Identity after September 11: Second-Generation Muslim Women in Chicago



Negotiating Gender Lines: Women's Movement across Atlanta Mosques



Negotiating Sisterhood, Gender, and Generation: Friendship between Second-Generation South Asian American and African American Muslim Women


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Glossary


Index


About the Author