The homeland is the arena
Subtitle: religion, transnationalism, and the integration of Senegalese immigrants in America
By: Ousmane Oumar Kane.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780199732302; 9780199732319
Subjects: Senegalese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions; Senegalese Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- New York (State) -- New York; Senegalese Americans -- Religion; Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions; Globalization -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York; Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York; New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions
Description: This book addresses an historically neglected aspect of international migration, analyzing the role played by transnational religion in the adaptation of Senegalese immigrants in America in the late twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Sufis, society, and the state; title: Senegalese enclaves in New York City; title: The formation and transformation of Sufi societies; title: Relations to other immigrant associations; title: The transnational spiritual economy; title: Gender and generational relations; title: Immigration or death.