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Crescent over Another Horizon : Islam in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latino USA.
Title:
Crescent over Another Horizon : Islam in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latino USA.
Author:
Logroño Narbona, Maria del Mar.
ISBN:
9781477302309
Physical Description:
1 online resource (357 pages)
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Latino America in the Umma/the Umma in Latino America (John Tofik Karam, María del Mar Logroño Narbona, and Paulo G. Pinto) -- Part I. Reconsidering History -- 1. "De los Prohibidos": Muslims and Moriscos in Colonial Spanish America (Karoline P. Cook) -- 2. African Rebellion and Refuge on the Edge of Empire (John Tofik Karam) -- 3. Ethnic and Religious Identification among Muslim East Indians in Suriname (1898-1954) (Ellen Bal and Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff) -- Part II. Contemporary Cartographies -- 4. Institutionalizing Islam in Argentina: Comparing Community and Identity Configurations (Silvia Montenegro) -- 5. Conversion, Revivalism, and Tradition: The Religious Dynamics of Muslim Communities in Brazil (Paulo G. Pinto) -- 6. Guests of Islam: Conversion and the Institutionalization of Islam in Mexico (Camila Pastor de Maria y Campos) -- 7. Cubans Searching for a New Faith in a New Context (Luis Mesa Delmonte) -- 8. Muslims in Martinique (Liliane Kuczynski) -- 9. Forming Islamic Religious Identity among Trinidadians in the Age of Social Networks (Halima-Sa'adia Kassim) -- Part III. Islam Latina/o -- 10. Dis-covering a Historical Consciousness: The Creation of a US Latina/o Muslim Identity (Hjamil A. Martínez-Vázquez) -- 11. Mapping Muslim Communities in "Hispa nicized" South Florida (Mirsad Krijestorac) -- 12. Double-Edged Marginality and Agency: Latina Conversion to Islam (Yesenia King and Michael P. Perez) -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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