The homeland is the arena: religion and Senegalese immigrants in America

Addresses an historically neglected aspect of international migration, analyzing the role played by transnational religion in the adaptation of Senegalese immigrants in America in the late twentieth century. INDICE: Foreword; Orthography; Abbreviations; Glossary; PROLOGUE; Part I ;Religion, State, and Society in Modern Senegal; 1. Sufis, Society, and the State; PART II; Integrating American Society; 2. Senegalese Enclaves in New YorkCity; 3. The Formation and Transformation of Sufi Societies; 4. Relations to Other Immigrant Associations; Part III ; Building connections with Senegal; 5.The Transnational Spiritual Economy; 6. Gender and Generational Relations; 7.Immigration or Death; Epilogue 'Good Muslims' , 'Good Blacks'; References

• ISBN: 978-0-19-973230-2
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés