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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463015003321

Autore

Al Huraibi Nahla <1966->

Titolo

Islam, gender and migrant integration : the case of Somali immigrant families / / Nahla al Huraibi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing, , 2014

ISBN

1-59332-743-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

The new Americans: recent immigration and American society

Disciplina

305.9/06912

Soggetti

Somalis - Cultural assimilation - United States

Muslims - Cultural assimilation - United States

Americanization

Immigrant families - United States

Muslim families - United States

Women, Somali - United States

Muslim women - United States

Sex role

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Gender, immigration and the Somali community of Columbus, Ohio -- Islam, gender and ijtihad -- Researching immigrant integration -- Gender identity and gender roles in Somali immigrant families -- Gender relationships and Somali immigrant integration -- Ijtihad, gender and transnational integration.

Sommario/riassunto

Al Huraibi addresses three questions: how do Somali immigrants negotiate gender notions and practices between those maintained in Somali culture and those adopted from mainstream American culture; how immigrants' understandings of Islamic writings on gender shape the negotiation process and how the integration process shapes their understanding of Islamic gender discourse; and to what extent resultant gender perceptions and practices reflect the transnational integration and cultural hybridism of two or more cultures. Al Huraibi



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