عنوان

Believing in South Central :

(Number (ISBN

9780226747316

Erroneous ISBN

022674731X

Erroneous ISBN

9780226747149 (hbk.)

Erroneous ISBN

9780226747286 (pbk.)

Country Code

bnb

Number

bc1010822

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Believing in South Central :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

everyday Islam in the City of Angels /

First Statement of Responsibility

Pamela J. Prickett.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Chicago :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Chicago Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2021]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (173 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

The area of Los Angeles known as South Central is often overshadowed by dismal stereotypes, problematic racial stigmas, and its status as the home to some of the city's poorest and most violent neighborhoods. Amid South Central's shifting demographics and its struggles with poverty, sociologist Pamela J. Prickett takes a closer look, focusing on the members of an African American Muslim community and exploring how they help each other combat poverty, job scarcity, violence, and racial injustice. Prickett's engaging ethnography relates how believers in this longstanding religious community see Islam as a way of life, a comprehensive blueprint for individual and collective action, guiding how to interact with others, conduct business, strive for progress, and cultivate faith. Prickett offers deep insights into the day-to-day lived religion of the Muslims who call this community home, showing how the mosque provides a system of social support and how believers deepen their spiritual practice not in spite of, but through, conditions of poverty. Prickett breaks past the stigmas of urban poverty, revealing a complex and vibrant community by telling the stories of longstanding residents of South Central--like Sister Ava, who offers food to the local unhoused people and finds the sacred in her extensive DVD collection. In addition to her portraits of everyday life among Muslims in South Central, Prickett also provides vivid and accessible descriptions of Ramadan and histories of the mosque, situates this community within the larger story of the Nation of Islam, explores gender issues, and unpacks the interaction between African American Muslims and South Asian and Arab American Muslims, revealing both the global and local significance of this religious tradition.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

BiblioVault

Stock Number

968A917A-3337-4711-A9E5-6A58301DC005

Stock Number

9780226747316

Title

Believing in South Central.

International Standard Book Number

9780226747149

Parallel Title

Everyday Islam in the City of Angels

African American Muslims-- California-- Los Angeles-- Social conditions.

African American Muslims-- California-- Los Angeles.

African Americans-- California-- Los Angeles-- Social conditions.

Muslims-- California-- Los Angeles-- Social conditions.

Muslims-- California-- Los Angeles.

Musulmans noirs américains-- Californie-- Los Angeles-- Conditions sociales.

Musulmans noirs américains-- Californie-- Los Angeles.

Noirs américains-- Californie-- Los Angeles-- Conditions sociales.

African American Muslims.

African Americans-- Social conditions.

RELIGION / General.

Social conditions.

Los Angeles (Calif.), Social conditions.

California, Los Angeles.

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7

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Prickett, Pamela J.

Date of Transaction

20221014084555.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

270410

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