EXCERPT | CONTENTS | AUTHOR BIO | SUBJECT CATEGORIESDiverse perspectives and groundbreaking research on gender and family issues affecting Muslim communities throughout North America Family and Gender Among American MuslimsIssues Facing Middle Eastern Immigrants And Their DescendantsSearch the full text of this bookedited by Barbara C. Aswad and Barbara BilgéSince the beginning of the twentieth century, Muslims have been immigrating to the United States from nations such as Lebanon, Yemen, Palestine, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Previously underrepresented in ethnic studies literature, these nearly four million descendants of previous immigrants and the new arrivals have settled in large numbers in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Detroit, and other North American cities. From the social and historical conditions of the Muslim migration to a range of issues affecting Muslim American life, the contributors provide new and valuable information on topics like intergenerational conflict about identity and values, intermarriage, religious and community involvement, gender and family structure, education, the needs of the elderly, and physical and mental health problems, including AIDS. In the final section, some of these issues are given a personal dimension through the life stories of several immigrants who relate their own experiences of adjusting to life in America. ExcerptContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction Barbara C. Aswad and Barbara Bilgé Part I: Values, Structure, and Variation in the Muslim Family
Part II: Practical Issues for Families
Part III: Immigrants' Life Stories
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About the Author(s)Barbara C. Aswad is Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University and the author of Arabic Speaking Communities in American Cities. Barbara Bilgé is Lecturer in Anthropology and Sociology at Eastern Michigan University and author of several articles on Turks and other Muslims in the Americas. Contributors: Yvonne Y. Haddad, Jane I. Smith, Louise Cainkar, Arlene Dallalfar, Nimat Hafez Barazingi, Nilufer Ahmed, Gladis Kaufman, Shamim Naim, Anahid Kuwicki, Penny S. Cass, Nancy Adaow Gray, Jon Swanson, Charlene Eisenlohr, Mary Cay Sengstock, Linda Walbridge. Subject Categories |