Growing Up Muslim : : Muslim College Students in America Tell Their Life Stories / / ed. by Andrew Garrod, Robert Kilkenny.

"While 9/11 and its aftermath created a traumatic turning point for most of the writers in this book, it is telling that none of their essays begin with that moment. These young people were living, probing, and shifting their Muslim identities long before 9/11. I've heard it said that the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART I. STRUGGLES WITH DIVERSITY
  • 1. Far from Getting Lost
  • 2. A World More Complex Than I Thought
  • 3. My Expanding World
  • 4. The Novice's Story
  • PART II. STRUGGLES WITH ISLAMOPHOBIA
  • 5. A Muslim Citizen of the Democratic West
  • 6. Living Like a Kite
  • PART III. STRUGGLES WITH SEXUALITY AND RELATIONSHIPS
  • 7. The Burden
  • 8. My Permanent Home
  • PART IV. STRUGGLES WITH PIETY
  • 9. On the Outside
  • 10. Being Muslim at Dartmouth
  • 11. Shadowlands
  • 12. The Headscarf
  • PART V. STRUGGLES WITH FAMILY
  • 13. A Child of Experience
  • 14. A Debt to Those Who Know Us
  • About the Editors and Author of the Introduction