Muslim women in America : the challenge of Islamic identity today / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. S...
Muslim women in America : the challenge of Islamic identity today / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. S...
Muslim women in America : the challenge of Islamic identity today / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, Kathleen M. Moore.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N305.48697/ 16
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English
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vi, 190 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2006.
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"Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, and Kathleen M. Moore offer a 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 attempts to form a new "American" Islam. Such specific issues as dress...
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Muslim women in America : the challenge of Islamic identity today / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, Kathleen M. Moore.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N305.48697/ 16
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74VMQZwzmGAM
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9780195177831 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195177835 (cloth : alk. paper)
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305.486970973
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991000341879702626
