Engaged Surrender African American Women and Islam

Name: Engaged Surrender African American Women and Islam
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ISBN: 9780520237957

ISBN-10: 0520237951

ISBN-13: 9780520237957

Edition: 2005

Authors: Carolyn Rouse

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Commonly portrayed in the media as holding women in strict subordination and deference to men, Islam is nonetheless attracting numerous converts among African American women. Are these women "reproducing their oppression," as it might seem? Or does their adherence to the religion suggest unsuspected subtleties and complexities in the relation of women, especially black women, to Islam? Carolyn Rouse sought answers to these questions among the women of Sunni Muslim mosques in Los Angeles. Her richly textured study provides rare insight into the meaning of Islam for African American women; in particular, Rouse shows how the teachings of Islam give these women a sense of power and control over…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/20/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.924



Preface


Acknowledgments



Engaged Surrender



A Community of Women: Consensus, Borders, and Resistance Praxis



Gender Negotiations and Qur'anic Exegesis: One Community's Reading of Islam and Women



Historical Discourses



Soul Food: Changing Markers of Identity through the Transition



Conversion



Performing Gender: Marriage, Family, and Community



Searching for Islamic Purity In and Out of Secular Los Angeles County



Conclusion


Epilogue


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index