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Record Nr.

UNISA996359642903316

Autore

Lybarger Loren D.

Titolo

Palestinian Chicago : Identity in Exile / / Loren D. Lybarger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, : University of California Press, 2020

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2020]

©2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

New Directions in Palestinian Studies ; ; 1

Disciplina

305.892/74077311

Soggetti

Palestinian Americans - Social conditions

Palestinian Arabs - Illinois - Chicago - History - 20th century

Palestinian Arabs - Illinois - Chicago - History - 21st century

HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword by the Series Editor -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Palestinian Chicago: Spatial Location, Historical Formation -- 2. Secularism in Exile -- 3. The Religious Turn: American Muslims for Palestine -- 4. The Religious Turn: Generational Subjectivities -- 5. Dynamic Syntheses: Reversion, Conversion, and Accommodation -- 6. Dynamic Syntheses: Rebellion, Absolute and Spiritual -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Chicago is home to one of the largest, most politically active Palestinian immigrant communities in the United States. For decades, secular nationalism held sway as the dominant political ideology, but since the 1990s its structures have weakened and Islamic institutions have gained strength. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interview data, Palestinian Chicago charts the origins of these changes and the multiple effects they have had on identity across religious, political, class, gender, and generational lines. The perspectives that emerge through this rich ethnography challenge prevailing understandings of secularity and religion, offering critical



insight into current debates about immigration and national belonging.