Converting to Islam : Understanding the Experiences of White American Females / / by Amy Melissa Guimond

• Autore: Guimond Amy Melissa
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2017.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIII, 196 p. 5 illus.)
• Disciplina: 305.486970973
• Soggetto topico: Sociology; Religion and sociology; Gender identity—Religious aspects; Islam; Gender Studies; Sociology of Religion; Religion and Gender
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. A Social Urgency -- 2. An Intersectionality of Islam, Women, and Conversion -- 3. Islamophobia and the Talking Heads -- 4. Prejudice, Privilege, and Hate -- 5. Methodological Considerations -- 6. Findings -- 7. Discussion, Limitations, and Implications -- 8. Appendix.
• Sommario/riassunto: This text aims to discover the shared lived experiences of white American female converts to Islam in post- 9/11 America. It explores the increasingly hostile social climate faced by Muslim Americans, as well as the spiritual, social, physical, and mental integration of these women into the Muslim-American population. In the United States, rates of conversion to Islam are rapidly increasing—alongside Islamophobic sentiment and hate crimes against Muslims. For a period of time, there was a lull in this negative sentiment. However, in light of the Paris terror attacks, the increased prominence of ISIS/ISIL, and the influx of refugees from Syria, anti-Muslim rhetoric is once again on the rise. This volume analyzes how a singular collection of female converts have adapted to life in the United States in the shadow of 9/11. .
• Titolo autorizzato: Converting to Islam
• ISBN: 3-319-54250-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910252710003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II