Women of the nation : between black protest and Sunni Islam / Dawn-Marie Gibson, Jamillah Karim.

By:

Gibson, Dawn-Marie

Contributor(s):

Karim, Jamillah Ashira, 1976-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : NYU Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780814771242
0814771246
9780814771372
0814771378

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women of the nationDDC classification:

305.48/6970973 23

LOC classification:

HQ1170 .G53 2014eb

Other classification:

11.83
SOC001000 | HIS029000

Online resources:

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Contents:

"Our nation" : women and the NOI, pre-1975 -- "Thank God it changed!" : women's transition to Sunni Islam, 1975-80 -- Resurrecting the nation : women in Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam -- Women in the Nation of Islam and the Warith Deen Mohammed community : crafting a dialogue.

Summary: "With vocal public figures such as Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, and Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam often appears to be a male-centric religious movement, and over 60 years of scholarship have perpetuated that notion. Yet, women have been pivotal in the NOI's development, playing a major role in creating the public image that made it appealing and captivating. Women of the Nation draws on oral histories and interviews with approximately 100 women across several cities to provide an overview of women's historical contributions and their varied experiences of the NOI, including both its continuing community under Farrakhan and its offshoot into Sunni Islam under Imam W.D. Mohammed. The authors examine how women have interpreted and navigated the NOI's gender ideologies and practices, illuminating the experiences of African-American, Latina, and Native American women within the NOI and their changing roles within this patriarchal movement. The book argues that the Nation of Islam experience for women has been characterized by an expression of Islam sensitive to American cultural messages about race and gender, but also by gender and race ideals in the Islamic tradition. It offers the first exhaustive study of women's experiences in both the NOI and the W.D. Mohammed community"-- Provided by publisher

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"With vocal public figures such as Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, and Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam often appears to be a male-centric religious movement, and over 60 years of scholarship have perpetuated that notion. Yet, women have been pivotal in the NOI's development, playing a major role in creating the public image that made it appealing and captivating. Women of the Nation draws on oral histories and interviews with approximately 100 women across several cities to provide an overview of women's historical contributions and their varied experiences of the NOI, including both its continuing community under Farrakhan and its offshoot into Sunni Islam under Imam W.D. Mohammed. The authors examine how women have interpreted and navigated the NOI's gender ideologies and practices, illuminating the experiences of African-American, Latina, and Native American women within the NOI and their changing roles within this patriarchal movement. The book argues that the Nation of Islam experience for women has been characterized by an expression of Islam sensitive to American cultural messages about race and gender, but also by gender and race ideals in the Islamic tradition. It offers the first exhaustive study of women's experiences in both the NOI and the W.D. Mohammed community"-- Provided by publisher