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001 2014004205
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008 140303s2014 nyu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2014004205
020 $a9780814769959 (hbk.)
020 $a9780814737866 (pbk.)
020 $z9780814771372 (ebk.)
020 $z9780814771242 (ebk.)
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084 $aSOC001000$aHIS029000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGibson, Dawn-Marie.
245 10 $aWomen of the nation :$bbetween black protest and Sunni Islam /$cDawn-Marie Gibson, Jamillah Karim.
264 1 $aNew York :$bNYU Press,$c2014.
300 $ax, 265 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"With vocal public figures such as Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, and Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam often appears to be a male-centric religious movement, and over 60 years of scholarship have perpetuated that notion. Yet, women have been pivotal in the NOI's development, playing a major role in creating the public image that made it appealing and captivating.Women of the Nation draws on oral histories and interviews with approximately 100 women across several cities to provide an overview of women's historical contributions and their varied experiences of the NOI, including both its continuing community under Farrakhan and its offshoot into Sunni Islam under Imam W.D. Mohammed. The authors examine how women have interpreted and navigated the NOI's gender ideologies and practices, illuminating the experiences of African-American, Latina, and Native American women within the NOI and their changing roles within this patriarchal movement. The book argues that the Nation of Islam experience for women has been characterized by an expression of Islam sensitive to American cultural messages about race and gender, but also by gender and race ideals in the Islamic tradition. It offers the first exhaustive study of women's experiences in both the NOI and the W.D. Mohammed community"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aMuslim women$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aWomen and religion$zUnited States$xHistory.
610 20 $aNation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.)$xHistory.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / North America.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aKarim, Jamillah Ashira,$d1976-
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers/1313/2851759/image/lgcover.9780814769959.jpg