Muslims of metropolis : the stories of three immigrant families in the West / Kavitha Rajagopalan.
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TextPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 283 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9780813545516
- 081354551X
- 128180164X
- 9781281801647
- Muslim families -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- Case studies
- Muslim families -- Germany -- Berlin -- Social conditions -- Case studies
- Muslim families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- Case studies
- Familles musulmanes -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Conditions sociales -- Études de cas
- Familles musulmanes -- Allemagne -- Berlin -- Conditions sociales -- Études de cas
- Familles musulmanes -- New York (État) -- New York -- Conditions sociales -- Études de cas
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Alternative Family
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Islamic Studies
- England -- London
- Germany -- Berlin
- New York (State) -- New York
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- HQ525.I8 R34 2008eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index.
The Nashashibis' fairy tale -- The Dogans' long good-bye -- The Islams' last resort -- Reclaiming the distant homeland -- Recreating the lost village -- Rejecting the burden of heritage -- Sharif goes home -- Sukriye finds love -- Nishat lets go.
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The Muslim population globally is comprised of hundreds of ethnic, linguistic, and religious sub-communities. Yet, more often than not, the public conflates these diverse and unrelated communities, branding Muslim immigrants as a single, suspicious, and culturally antagonistic group of people. Generalizations like these have compromised many Muslim immigrants? sense of belonging and acceptance in places where they have lived, in some cases, for three or four generations. In Muslims of Metropolis, Kavitha Rajagopalan takes a much needed step in personalizing and humanizing our understanding of.
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