Research Catalog

Title

Muslim women in America [electronic resource] : the challenge of Islamic identity today / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, Kathleen M. Moore.

Author

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935-

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Details

Additional Authors

• Smith, Jane I.
• Moore, Kathleen M., 1959-

Description

1 online resource (vi, 190 p.)

Uniform Title

Muslim women in America (Online)

Alternative Title

Muslim women in America (Online)

Subject

• Muslims > United States > Social conditions
• Muslim women > United States > Social conditions
• Group identity > United States
• Sex role > United States
• Islam > Social aspects > United States
• United States > Religious life and customs
• United States > Ethnic relations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-183) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Setting the scene -- Persistent stereotypes -- Embracing Islam -- Practices of the faith -- Gender and the family -- Muslim women in the crucible -- Claiming public space -- Competing discourses -- Glossary.

LCCN

2005020204

OCLC

ssj0000207244

Author

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935-

Title

Muslim women in America [electronic resource] : the challenge of Islamic identity today / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, Kathleen M. Moore.

Imprint

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-183) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Smith, Jane I.

Moore, Kathleen M., 1959-