Finding Mecca in America : How Islam is becoming an American religion / Mucahit Bilici.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bilici, Mucahit, 1973- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Muslims > United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Islam > United States.
Physical Description:xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : Muslim life and American forms
  • Cultural settlement. Finding Mecca in America : Muslim directionality and the codification of American space ; The English language and Islam : genealogy of an encounter ; Homeland insecurity : how immigrant Muslims naturalize America in Islam
  • Citizenship practices. Awakening citizenship : rights meet their bearers ; Seeking kinship through Abraham : Muslim interfaith activism ; Funny jihad : Muslim comedy takes flight
  • Conclusion : on appropriation and inhabitation.