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Muslim women in America : the challenge of Islamic identity today /

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935-

Muslim women in America : the challenge of Islamic identity today / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, Kathleen M. Moore. - vi, 190 pages ; 24 cm

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

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.

9780195177831 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195177835 (cloth : alk. paper)

2005020204


Muslims--Social conditions.--United States
Muslim women--Social conditions.--United States
Group identity--United States.
Gender role--United States.
Islam--Social aspects--United States.
Gender roles.
Role behavior.


United States--Religious life and customs.
United States--Ethnic relations.

E184.M88 / H34 2006

305.48/697/0973

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