American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender within the Ummah

Contents

vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 African American and Immigrant Relations: 25 Between Inequality and Global Flows 2 Race, Class, and Residence in the Chicago Ummah: 51 Ethnic Muslim Spaces and American Muslim Discourses 3 Across Ethnic Boundaries: Women’s Movement 89 and Resistance in the Chicago Ummah 4 Negotiating an American Muslim Identity 125 after September 11: Second-Generation Muslim Women in Chicago 5 Negotiating Gender Lines: Women’s 163 Movement across Atlanta Mosques 6 Negotiating Sisterhood, Gender, and Generation: 206 Friendship between Second-Generation South Asian American and African American Muslim Women Conclusion 228 Notes 243 Bibliography 269 Glossary 281 Index 285 About the Author 292 ...