American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender Within the Ummah

by Jamillah Karim

Book Overview

African American Muslims and South Asian Muslim immigrants are two of the largest ethnic Muslim groups in the U.S. Yet there are few sites in which African Americans and South Asian immigrants come together, and South Asians are often held up as a "model minority" against African Americans. However, the American ummah, or American Muslim community, stands as a unique site for interethnic solidarity in a time of increased tensions between native-born...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814748104
• ISBN13: 9780814748107
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.9"