Muslim American City : : Gender and Religion in Metro Detroit /

Muslim American City : : Gender and Religion in Metro Detroit / / Alisa Perkins.

Explores how Muslim Americans test the boundaries of American pluralismIn 2004, the al-Islah Islamic Center in Hamtramck, Michigan, set off a contentious controversy when it requested permission to use loudspeakers to broadcast the adhān, or Islamic call to prayer. The issue gained international not...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Perkins, Alisa,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 3 black and white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Maps
  • Introduction:
  • 1. The Making of a Muslim American City:
  • 2. Gender, Space, and Muslim American Women
  • 3. Yemeni Women, Civic Purdah, and Private/Public Divides
  • 4. Bangladeshi Women and Gender Boundaries
  • 5. Prayer Calls and the Right to the City
  • 6. LGBTQ Rights, Moral Boundaries, and Municipal Temporality
  • Conclusion:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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