Muslim women in America [[electronic resource] ] : the challenge of Islamic identity today / / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, Kathleen M. Moore

• Autore: Haddad Yvonne Yazbeck <1935->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: vi, 190 p
• Disciplina: 305.48/697/0973
• Soggetto topico: Muslims - United States - Social conditions; Muslim women - United States - Social conditions; Group identity - United States; Sex role - United States; Islam - Social aspects - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Religious life and customs; United States Ethnic relations
• Altri autori: SmithJane I MooreKathleen M. <1959->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-183) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Setting the scene -- Persistent stereotypes -- Embracing Islam -- Practices of the faith -- Gender and the family -- Muslim women in the crucible -- Claiming public space -- Competing discourses -- Glossary.
• Sommario/riassunto: The treatment and role of women are among the most discussed and controversial aspects of Islam. The rights of Muslim women have become part of the Western political agenda, often perpetuating a stereotype of universal oppression. Muslim women living in America continue to be marginalized andmisunderstood since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Yet their contributions are changing the face of Islam as it is seen both within Muslim communities in the West and by non-Muslims. In their public and private lives, Muslim women are actively negotiating what it means to be a woman and a Muslim inan American context.Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, and Kathleen M. Moore offer a much-needed survey of the situation of Muslim American women, focusing on how Muslim views about and experiences of gender are changing in the Western diaspora. Centering on Muslims in America, the book investigates Muslim attemptsto form a new American Islam. Such specific issues as dress, marriage, childrearing, conversion, and workplace discrimination are addressed. The authors also look at the ways in which American Muslim women have tried to create new paradigms of Islamic womanhood and are reinterpreting thetraditions apart from the males who control the mosque institutions. A final chapter asks whether 9/11 will prove to have been a watershed moment for Muslim women in America.This groundbreaking work presents the diversity of Muslim American women and demonstrates the complexity of the issues. Impeccably researched and accessible, it broadens our understanding of Islam in the West and encourages further exploration into how Muslim women are shaping the future of AmericanIslam.
• Titolo autorizzato: Muslim women in America
• ISBN: 0-19-979334-4; 1-280-84508-2; 1-4294-3107-5; 0-19-803955-7; 0-19-985071-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822891603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II