Introduction

Chapters in this book

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