LEADER 04404nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910825586003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-76286-9 010 $a9786612762864 010 $a0-520-93706-6 010 $a1-59734-599-7 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520937062 035 $a(CKB)1000000000221719 035 $a(EBL)224769 035 $a(OCoLC)475931895 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147402 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11144772 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147402 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10011567 035 $a(PQKB)10729134 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224769 035 $a(DE-B1597)521024 035 $a(OCoLC)56030067 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520937062 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL224769 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10062332 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL276286 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000221719 100 $a20030206d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEngaged surrender $eAfrican American women and Islam /$fCarolyn Moxley Rouse 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 271 pages) 225 0 $aGeorge Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies 311 0 $a0-520-23795-1 311 0 $a0-520-23794-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$t1. Engaged Surrender --$t2. A Community of Women: Consensus, Borders, and Resistance Praxis --$t3. Gender Negotiations and Qur'anic Exegesis: One Community's Reading of Islam and Women --$t4. Historical Discourses --$t5. Soul Food: Changing Markers of Identity through the Transition --$t6. Conversion --$t7. Performing Gender: Marriage, Family, and Community --$t8. Searching for Islamic Purity In and Out of Secular Los Angeles County --$t9. Conclusion --$tEpilogue --$tNOTES --$tGLOSSARY --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX 330 $aCommonly portrayed in the media as holding women in strict subordination and deference to men, Islam is nonetheless attracting numerous converts among African American women. Are these women "reproducing their oppression," as it might seem? Or does their adherence to the religion suggest unsuspected subtleties and complexities in the relation of women, especially black women, to Islam? Carolyn Rouse sought answers to these questions among the women of Sunni Muslim mosques in Los Angeles. Her richly textured study provides rare insight into the meaning of Islam for African American women; in particular, Rouse shows how the teachings of Islam give these women a sense of power and control over interpretations of gender, family, authority, and obligations. In Engaged Surrender, Islam becomes a unique prism for clarifying the role of faith in contemporary black women's experience. Through these women's stories, Rouse reveals how commitment to Islam refracts complex processes-urbanization, political and social radicalization, and deindustrialization-that shape black lives generally, and black women's lives in particular. Rather than focusing on traditional (and deeply male) ideas of autonomy and supremacy, the book-and the community of women it depicts-emphasizes more holistic notions of collective obligation, personal humility, and commitment to overarching codes of conduct and belief. A much-needed corrective to media portraits of Islam and the misconceptions they engender, this engaged and engaging work offers an intimate, in-depth look into the vexed and interlocking issues of Islam, gender, and race. 410 0$aGeorge Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies 606 $aWomen in Islam 606 $aMuslim women$xSocial conditions 606 $aMuslim women$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aAfrican American women$xReligion 615 0$aWomen in Islam. 615 0$aMuslim women$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aMuslim women$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aAfrican American women$xReligion. 676 $a305.48/6971073 700 $aRouse$b Carolyn Moxley$f1965-$01629602 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825586003321 996 $aEngaged surrender$94051489 997 $aUNINA