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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785030903321

Titolo

Black Routes to Islam [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Manning Marable, Hishaam D. Aidi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-67418-8

9786612674181

0-230-62374-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Critical Black Studies

Disciplina

297.8/7

Soggetti

Ethnicity

Astronomy

Astrophysics

Religion and sociology

Islam

Culture

Sociology

Ethnicity Studies

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Sociology of Religion

Sociology of Culture

Sociology, general

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

1. Geographies and the political imagination -- 2. Solidarity and resistance -- 3. Urban encounters -- 4. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Starting with 19th century narratives of African American travelers to the Holy Land, the following chapters probe Islam's role in urban social movements, music and popular culture, relations between African Americans and Muslim immigrants, and the racial politics of American Islam with the ongoing war in Iraq.