Claiming Belonging : : Muslim American Advocacy in an Era of Islamophobia / / Emily Cury.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Cury, Emily,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 p.) :; 9 b&w halftones

Claiming Belonging dives deep into the life of Muslim American advocacy groups post 9/11, asking how they form and function within their broader community in a world marked by Islamophobia. Bias incidents against Muslim Americans reached unprecedented levels a few short years ago, and thus many responded through action: organizing on the national level to become increasingly visible, engaged, and assertive.Emily Cury draws on more than four years of participant observation and elite interviews to examine how Muslim American organizations have sought to access and influence the public square and, in so doing, forge a political identity. The result is an engaging and unique study, showing that policy advocacy, both foreign and domestic, is best understood as a site where Muslim American identity is performed and negotiated.Claiming Belonging offers ever-timely insight into the place of Muslims in American political life and, in the process, sheds light on one of the fastest growing and most internally dynamic American minority groups.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction MAKING MUSLIM CONSTITUENTS VISIBLE -- 1 DISCRIMINATION, ADVOCACY, AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY -- 2 FROM MUSLIMS IN AMERICA TO AMERICAN MUSLIMS -- 3 FROM THE PATRIOT ACT TO THE “MUSLIM BAN” -- 4 THE RISE OF THE MUSLIM AMERICAN LOBBY -- 5 DOMESTIC ADVOCACY Between Contestation and Collaboration -- 6 ADVOCATING FOR THE MUSLIM UMMAH -- Conclusion WHO SPEAKS FOR AMERICAN MUSLIMS? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index