Islam, gender and migrant integration : the case of Somali immigrant families / / Nahla al Huraibi

• Autore: Al Huraibi Nahla <1966->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.9/06912
• Soggetto topico: Somalis - Cultural assimilation - United States; Muslims - Cultural assimilation - United States; Americanization; Immigrant families - United States; Muslim families - United States; Women, Somali - United States; Muslim women - United States; Sex role
• Soggetto geografico: United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Gender, immigration and the Somali community of Columbus, Ohio -- Islam, gender and ijtihad -- Researching immigrant integration -- Gender identity and gender roles in Somali immigrant families -- Gender relationships and Somali immigrant integration -- Ijtihad, gender and transnational integration.
• Sommario/riassunto: Al Huraibi addresses three questions: how do Somali immigrants negotiate gender notions and practices between those maintained in Somali culture and those adopted from mainstream American culture; how immigrants' understandings of Islamic writings on gender shape the negotiation process and how the integration process shapes their understanding of Islamic gender discourse; and to what extent resultant gender perceptions and practices reflect the transnational integration and cultural hybridism of two or more cultures. Al Huraibi concludes that respondents' cross-cultural selection of aspects f
• Titolo autorizzato: Islam, gender and migrant integration
• ISBN: 1-59332-743-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787634403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)