Between Islam and the American Dream

Based on a three-year ethnographic study of a steadily growing suburban Muslim immigrant congregation in Midwest America, this book examines the micro-processes through which a group of Muslim immigrants from diverse backgrounds negotiate multiple identities while seeking to become part of American society in the years following 9/11.

Auteur

Yuting Wang is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the American University of Sharjah in the UAE.

Contenu

Introduction. 1. Riverside Mosque 2. A Mosque Divided 3. The Rich and the Poor 4. The Majority and the Minority 5. American vs. Muslim. Conclusion: Diversity, Solidarity, and the Path to Americanization. Epilogue. Appendix: Unstructured Interviews.