Muslims of metropolis: the stories of three immigrant families in the West
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Main Author: Rajagopalan, Kavitha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press c2008
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index
The Nashashibis' fairy tale -- The Dogans' long good-bye -- The Islams' last resort -- Reclaiming the distant homeland -- Recreating the lost village -- Rejecting the burden of heritage -- Sharif goes home -- Sukriye finds love -- Nishat lets go
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. Generalizations like these have compromised many Muslim immigrants? sense of belonging and acceptance in places where they have lived, in some cases, for three or four generations. In Muslims of Metropolis, Kavitha Rajagopalan takes a much needed step in personalizing and humanizing our understanding of
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 283 p.)
ISBN:081354551X
9780813545516

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