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Muslim Women on Race & Class.
News about Muslim women in America is usually saddled with the same woeful tales--abusive husbands, gruesome honor killings and the occasional controversy over headscarves. The tales are poignant, political and sad. Which is why American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class and Gender within the Ummah (NYU Press) by Spelman College Professor of Religious Studies Jamillah Karim is a welcome departure from the usual portrayals of Muslim women in the U.S. as victims of their religion.
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Focused on the experiences of women in Chicago and Atlanta, the book is an ethnographic look into the possibilities and challenges that second-generation South-Asian and Black-American-Muslim women face as they act to form a more cohesive religious community, or ummah. The author ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Muslim Women on Race & Class.