Muslims of Metropolis : : The Stories of Three Immigrant Families in the West /

Muslims of Metropolis : : The Stories of Three Immigrant Families in the West / / Kavitha Rajagopalan.

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The Muslim population globally is comprised of hundreds of ethnic, linguistic, and religious sub-communities. Yet, more often than not, the public conflates these diverse and unrelated communities, branding Muslim immigrants as a single, suspicious, and culturally antagonistic group of people. Gener...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Rajagopalan, Kavitha,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (283 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Note on the Text
  • Introduction
  • Prologue
  • PA RT I. Migration and Memory
  • 1. The Nashashibis’ Fairy Tale
  • 2. The Dogans’ Long Good-bye
  • 3. The Islams’ Last Resort
  • PART II. Integration and Identity
  • 4. Reclaiming the Distant Homeland
  • 5. Recreating the Lost Village
  • 6. Rejecting the Burden of Heritage
  • PART III. Alienation and Acceptance
  • 7. Sharif Goes Home
  • 8. Sukriye Finds Love
  • 9. Nishat Lets Go
  • Epilogue
  • Characters
  • Pronunciation of Characters’ Names
  • Sources
  • Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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