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

Author
Bilici, Mucahit, 1973-
Published
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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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.
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ISBN
9780226049564 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0226049566 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226049571 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0226049574 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-251) and index.
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