Review of “Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem” by Zain Abdullah
This article aims to review the book with the title of Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem by Zain Abdullah. Abdullah’s (2010) Mec Black Mecca ’adds to the growing body of literature on Islam influenced by the post-modernists' challenges to neo-Orientalist Western representations of Isla...
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oai:doaj.org-article:4fe1c701ef1a405f8187fb1fdeddacad2021-11-08T23:09:22ZReview of “Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem” by Zain Abdullah10.31947/etnosia.v5i1.85552527-93192548-9747https://doaj.org/article/4fe1c701ef1a405f8187fb1fdeddacad2020-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/etnosia/article/view/8555https://doaj.org/toc/2527-9319https://doaj.org/toc/2548-9747This article aims to review the book with the title of Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem by Zain Abdullah. Abdullah’s (2010) Mec Black Mecca ’adds to the growing body of literature on Islam influenced by the post-modernists' challenges to neo-Orientalist Western representations of Islam (Al Azmeh 1993: 140). They are called for a historicized and contextualized view of Islam and Muslims, steering away from essentializing identity politics. Abdullah's (2010) thick ethnography, or as he describes it, "narrative style," presents a variety of anecdotes and experiences along gendered, class, and generational lines, with a common Muslim orientation towards environment and experiences.Imogen SprayHasanuddin UniversityarticleThe AfricanBlack MeccaEthnographyMuslimEthnology. Social and cultural anthropologyGN301-674ENIDEtnosia, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2020) |
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This article aims to review the book with the title of Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem by Zain Abdullah. Abdullah’s (2010) Mec Black Mecca ’adds to the growing body of literature on Islam influenced by the post-modernists' challenges to neo-Orientalist Western representations of Islam (Al Azmeh 1993: 140). They are called for a historicized and contextualized view of Islam and Muslims, steering away from essentializing identity politics. Abdullah's (2010) thick ethnography, or as he describes it, "narrative style," presents a variety of anecdotes and experiences along gendered, class, and generational lines, with a common Muslim orientation towards environment and experiences. |
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