Crescent over another horizon : Islam in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latino USA / / edited by Maria del Mar Logroño Narbona , Paulo G. Pinto, and John Tofik Karam

• Pubblicazione: Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.6/9708
• Soggetto topico: Muslims - Latin America - Ethnic identity; Muslims - Caribbean Area - Ethnic identity; Muslims - United States - Ethnic identity; Islam - Latin America; Islam - Caribbean Area; Islam - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): PintoPaulo Gabriel Hilu da Rocha; Logroño NarbonaMaría del Mar; KaramJohn Tofik
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments; Introduction. Latino America in the Umma/the Umma in Latino America (John Tofik Karam, María del Mar Logroño Narbona, and Paulo G. Pinto); Part I. Reconsidering History; 1. "De los Prohibidos": Muslims and Moriscos in Colonial Spanish America (Karoline P. Cook); 2. African Rebellion and Refuge on the Edge of Empire (John Tofik Karam); 3. Ethnic and Religious Identification among Muslim East Indians in Suriname (1898-1954) (Ellen Bal and Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff); Part II. Contemporary Cartographies ; 4. Institutionalizing Islam in Argentina: Comparing Community and Identity Configurations (Silvia Montenegro)5. Conversion, Revivalism, and Tradition: The Religious Dynamics of Muslim Communities in Brazil (Paulo G. Pinto); 6. Guests of Islam: Conversion and the Institutionalization of Islam in Mexico (Camila Pastor de Maria y Campos); 7. Cubans Searching for a New Faith in a New Context (Luis Mesa Delmonte); 8. Muslims in Martinique (Liliane Kuczynski); 9. Forming Islamic Religious Identity among Trinidadians in the Age of Social Networks (Halima-Sa'adia Kassim); Part III. Islam Latina/o ; 10. Dis-covering a Historical Consciousness: The Creation of a US Latina/o Muslim Identity (Hjamil A. Martínez-Vázquez)11. Mapping Muslim Communities in "Hispa nicized" South Florida (Mirsad Krijestorac); 12. Double-Edged Marginality and Agency: Latina Conversion to Islam (Yesenia King and Michael P. Perez); Conclusion; Contributors; Index
• Titolo autorizzato: Crescent over another horizon
• ISBN: 1-4773-0230-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461483603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II