Islam and the Americas (New World Diasporas) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813060133 ISBN 13: 9780813060132

Verlag: University Press of Florida, 2015

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"Focuses on the agency of American Muslims in shaping the hemisphere's story. . . . Commendable. Not only does it give prominence to a field in desperate need of more academic attention, but it interlocks the field with broader trends in globalization and gender studies."--Religious Studies Review

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In case studies that include the Caribbean, South America, Mexico, and the United States, the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume trace the establishment of Islam in the Americas over the past four centuries. They simultaneously explore Muslims' lived experiences and the ways Islam has been shaped in the New World - by "Muslim minority" societies such as the Shriners; through the Gilded Age's fascination with Orientalism; in the embrace of Islam by American black intellectuals like Malcolm X and the Black Power movement; and by the ways hip hop artists re-create and reimagine Muslim identities. Together the twelve essays challenge the typical view of Islam as timeless, predictable, and opposed to Western worldviews and value systems, showing how the religion continually engages with issues of culture, class, gender, and race.

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• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0813060133
• ISBN 13: 9780813060132
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 362
• Herausgeber: Khan Aisha