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

By: Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935-.
Contributor(s): Smith, Jane I | Moore, Kathleen M, 1959- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: vi, 190 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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 relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.48/697/0973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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305.48/697/0973 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.