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

Author/creator Bilici, Mucahit, 1973- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.
Descriptionxii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Muslims--United States --Social conditions --21st century.
Islam--United States.
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 bearers -- Seeking kinship through Abraham : Muslim interfaith activism -- Funny jihad : Muslim comedy takes flight -- Conclusion : on appropriation and inhabitation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-251) and index.
LCCN 2012004825
ISBN9780226049564 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN0226049566 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN9780226049571 (paperback : alkaline paper)
ISBN0226049574 (paperback : alkaline paper)
ISBN9780226922874 (ebk.)
ISBN0226922871 (ebk.)
Standard identifier# 40021710501

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