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UNINA9910479930403321 |
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Autore |
Afzal Ahmed |
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Lone Star Muslims : Transnational Lives and the South Asian Experience in Texas / / Ahmed Afzal |
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New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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1-4798-5888-9 |
1-4798-5163-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Islam |
Pakistani Americans - Texas - Houston - Ethnic identity |
Pakistani Americans - Texas - Houston - Social conditions - 21st century |
Muslims in popular culture - United States |
Muslims - United States - Social conditions - 21st century |
Houston (Tex.) Ethnic relations Case studies |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Houston -- 2. “A Dream Come True” -- 3. “It’s Allah’s Will” -- 4. “I Have a Very Good Relationship with Allah” -- 5. The Pakistan Independence Day Festival -- 6. “Pakistanis Have Always Been Radio People” -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
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Lone Star Muslims offers an engaging and insightful look at contemporary Muslim American life in Texas. It illuminates the dynamics of the Pakistani Muslim community in Houston, a city with one of the largest Muslim populations in the south and southwestern United States. Drawing on interviews and participant observation at radio stations, festivals, and ethnic businesses, the volume explores everyday Muslim lives at the intersection of race, class, profession, gender, sexuality, and religious sectarian affiliation to demonstrate the complexity of the South Asian experience. Importantly, the volume |
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incorporates narratives of gay Muslim American men of Pakistani descent, countering the presumed heteronormativity evident in most of the social science scholarship on Muslim Americans and revealing deeply felt affiliations to Islam through ritual and practice. It also includes narratives of members of the highly skilled Shia Ismaili Muslim labor force employed in corporate America, of Pakistani ethnic entrepreneurs, the working class and the working poor employed in Pakistani ethnic businesses, of community activists, and of radio program hosts. Decentering dominant framings that flatten understandings of transnational Islam and Muslim Americans, such as “terrorist” on the one hand, and “model minority” on the other, Lone Star Muslims offers a glimpse into a variety of lived experiences. It shows how specificities of class, Islamic sectarian affiliation, citizenship status, gender, and sexuality shape transnational identities and mediate racism, marginalities, and abjection. |
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UNINA9910961761103321 |
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Ensuring safe food : from production to consumption / / Committee to Ensure Safe Food from Production to Consumption, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998 |
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9786610185870 |
9780309173971 |
0309173973 |
9781280185878 |
1280185872 |
9780309593403 |
0309593409 |
9780585028224 |
0585028222 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) : illustrations |
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Food adulteration and inspection - Government policy - United States |
Food poisoning - United States - Prevention |
Food contamination - United States |
Food Contamination - prevention & control |
Consumer Product Safety |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-104). |
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""Ensuring Safe Food From Production to Consumption""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Ensuring Safe Food""; ""Executive Summary""; ""PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY""; ""1. The Current US Food Safety System""; ""Summary Findings: The Current US System for Food Safety""; ""2. An Effective Food Safety System""; ""Mission""; ""Attributes of an Effective Food Safety System""; ""Summary Findings: An Effective Food Safety System""; ""3. Where Current US Food Safety Activities Fall Short""; ""Summary Findings: Where the US Food Safety System Falls Short"" |
""4. Conclusions and Recommendations Needed to Improve the US Food Safety System"" ""Recommendation I:""; ""Recommendation IIa:""; ""Recommendation IIb:""; ""Recommendation IIIa:""; ""Recommendation IIIb:""; ""MOVING TOWARD A MODEL SYSTEM""; ""1 Introduction and Background ""; ""CHANGES IN THE US FOOD SYSTEM AND THEIR EFFECTS ON FOOD SAFETY""; ""SCOPE OF THE FOOD SAFETY PROBLEM""; ""HISTORY OF US FOOD SAFETY REGULATION""; ""THE COMMITTEE AND ITS CHARGE""; ""2 The Current US Food Safety System ""; ""REGULATION""; ""Federal Regulatory Programs""; ""State and Local Regulatory Systems"" |
""HACCP Systems"" ""Voluntary Efforts""; ""Trade Associations""; ""Consumer Groups""; ""Professional Organizations""; ""Academe""; ""Liability""; ""SURVEILLANCE""; ""Human and Animal Disease""; ""Chemical Residues and Environmental Contaminants""; ""Food and Drug Administration""; ""US Department of Agriculture""; ""Environmental Protection Agency""; ""National Marine Fisheries Service""; ""Federal-State Cooperative Agreements""; ""Industry""; ""TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION""; ""Government Activities""; ""Private Efforts""; ""CONSUMER RESPONSIBILITY AND PERCEPTIONS"" |
""THE ROLE OF MEDIA-GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS IN FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION"" ""RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""Federal Research Activities""; ""Application of New Technology""; ""INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS""; ""Food Safety Efforts of Other Countries""; ""Canada""; ""Other Countries and Cooperatives""; ""US Regulation of Imported Foods""; ""SUMMARY FINDINGS: THE CURRENT US SYSTEM FOR FOOD SAFETY""; ""3 The Changing Nature of Food Hazards: Cause for Increasing Concern ""; ""CHANGES THAT AFFECT THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FOODBORNE DISEASE""; ""Diet""; ""Commercial Food Services"" |
""Methods of Production and Distribution"" ""New or Re-emerging Infectious Foodborne Agents""; ""Populations at High Risk for Severe or Fatal Foodborne Disease""; ""CHANGES IN CHEMICAL HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOOD SUPPLY""; ""New Food Components""; ""New Food Technologies""; ""New or Re-emerging Toxic Agents""; ""Physical Hazards""; ""SUMMARY FINDINGS: THE CHANGING NATURE OF FOOD HAZARDS""; ""4 What Constitutes an Effective Food Safety System? ""; ""THE MISSION OF THE SYSTEM""; ""GENERAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE SYSTEM""; ""THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERING""; ""THE ROLES OF GOVERNMENT PARTNERS""; ""A Science-Based Foundation Using Risk Analysis"" |
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How safe is our food supply? Each year the media report what appears to be growing concern related to illness caused by the food consumed by Americans. These food borne illnesses are caused by pathogenic |
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microorganisms, pesticide residues, and food additives. Recent actions taken at the federal, state, and local levels in response to the increase in reported incidences of food borne illnesses point to the need to evaluate the food safety system in the United States. This book assesses the effectiveness of the current food safety system and provides recommendations on changes needed to ensure an effective science-based food safety system. Ensuring Safe Food discusses such important issues as: What are the primary hazards associated with the food supply? What gaps exist in the current system for ensuring a safe food supply? What effects do trends in food consumption have on food safety? What is the impact of food preparation and handling practices in the home, in food services, or in production operations on the risk of food borne illnesses? What organizational changes in responsibility or oversight could be made to increase the effectiveness of the food safety system in the United States? Current concerns associated with microbiological, chemical, and physical hazards in the food supply are discussed. The book also considers how changes in technology and food processing might introduce new risks. Recommendations are made on steps for developing a coordinated, unified system for food safety. The book also highlights areas that need additional study. Ensuring Safe Food will be important for policymakers, food trade professionals, food producers, food processors, food researchers, public health professionals, and consumers. |
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