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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970061003321

Titolo

Black Routes to Islam / / edited by M. Marable

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786612674181

9781282674189

1282674188

9780230623743

0230623743

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Critical Black Studies, , 2945-7424

Altri autori (Persone)

MarableManning <1950-2011.>

AidiHisham

Disciplina

297.8/7

Soggetti

Race

Astronomy

Religion and sociology

Islam

Culture

Sociology

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences

Sociology of Religion

Sociology of Culture

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.