Muslim women in America
Subtitle: the challenge of Islamic identity today
By: Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, Kathleen M. Moore.
Contributors: Smith, Jane I.; Moore, Kathleen M., 1959-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780195177831
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the scene; title: Persistent stereotypes; title: Embracing Islam; title: Practices of the faith; title: Gender and the family; title: Muslim women in the crucible; title: Claiming public space; title: Competing discourses; title: Glossary.