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Engaged surrender : African American women and Islam / / Carolyn Moxley Rouse
| Engaged surrender : African American women and Islam / / Carolyn Moxley Rouse |
| Autore | Rouse Carolyn Moxley <1965-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 271 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.48/6971073 |
| Collana | George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Women in Islam
Muslim women - Social conditions Muslim women - United States - Social conditions African American women - Religion |
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african american women
america black women comparative religion contemporary muslims deindustrialization ethnographers ethnography faith and religion gender issues gender norms islam los angeles mosques muslim converts muslim women nonfiction study obligation political radicals power and control race and gender social radicalization sunni muslims teachings of islam true stories urbanization women and family women in religion |
| ISBN |
1-282-76286-9
9786612762864 0-520-93706-6 1-59734-599-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Engaged Surrender -- 2. A Community of Women: Consensus, Borders, and Resistance Praxis -- 3. Gender Negotiations and Qur'anic Exegesis: One Community's Reading of Islam and Women -- 4. Historical Discourses -- 5. Soul Food: Changing Markers of Identity through the Transition -- 6. Conversion -- 7. Performing Gender: Marriage, Family, and Community -- 8. Searching for Islamic Purity In and Out of Secular Los Angeles County -- 9. Conclusion -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783457603321 |
Rouse Carolyn Moxley <1965->
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2004 | ||
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The managed hand : race, gender, and the body in beauty service work / / Miliann Kang
| The managed hand : race, gender, and the body in beauty service work / / Miliann Kang |
| Autore | Kang Miliann |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 391.6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Asian Americans - Social conditions
Asian Americans -- Social conditions Beauty culture - Social aspects - United States Beauty culture -- Social aspects -- United States Beauty shops - Social aspects - United States Beauty, Personal - Social aspects - United States Korean American women - Employment - United States Korean American women -- Employment -- United States Manicuring - Social aspects - United States United States - Race relations United States -- Race relations Women immigrants - Employment - United States Women immigrants -- Employment -- United States Nail art (Manicuring) - Social aspects - United States Art, Architecture & Applied Arts Arts & Crafts |
| Soggetto non controllato |
african american women
art asian american asian immigrants asian women beauty service work body services body class differences consumption divisions of race ethnography gender issues gender immigrant workers interviews korean women manicures nail industry nail salons new york city nonfiction pampering race issues self care self expression service careers social science united states white middle class women women working class |
| ISBN |
1-280-09501-6
9786613520449 0-520-94565-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. "There's No Business Like the Nail Business" -- Two. "What Other Work Is There?" -- Three. Hooked on Nails -- Four. "I Just Put Koreans and Nails Together" -- Five. Black People "Have Not Been the Ones Who Get Pampered" -- Six. "You Could Get a Fungus" -- Conclusion. What is a man I cure worth? -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790598203321 |
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Kang Miliann
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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