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Author:   Mara A. Leichtman
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9780253016010

ISBN 10:   0253016010
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   27 August 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface: Islam and Politics Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction: Locating Cosmopolitan Shi'i Islamic Movements in Senegal Part I. The Making of a Lebanese Community in Senegal Introduction to Part I. 1. French Colonial Manipulation and Lebanese Survival 2. Senegalese Independence and the Question of Belonging 3. Shi'i Islam Comes to Town: A Biography of Shaykh al-Zayn 4. Bringing Lebanese ""Back"" to Shi'i Islam Part II. Senegalese Conversion to Shi'i Islam 5. The Vernacularization of Shi'i Islam: Competition and Conflict 6. Migrating from One's Parents' Traditions: Narrating Conversion Experiences Interlude: 'Umar: Converting to an ""Intellectual Islam"" 7. The Creation of a Senegalese Shi'i Islam Coda: On Shi'i Islam, Anthropology, and Cosmopolitanism Glossary Notes References"

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[T]akes the bold step of considering Lebanese and African Shi a in Senegal together in the same volume, and refusing to admit the intellectual segregation of different racial communities in the same country by giving in to the temptation to write two separate, shorter books.... [A] significant contribution. Robert Launay, Northwestern University

This book is highly recommended for anyone with interest in African and Middle Eastern Affairs, Islam and Religious Studies, and Peace Studies. -African Studies Quarterly [Leichtman's] volume is a theoretically packed, historically grounded and ethnographically rich exploration into minority religious communities and their migrations. -Journal of Modern African Studies Takes the bold step of considering Lebanese and African Shi'a in Senegal together in the same volume, and refusing to admit the intellectual segregation of different racial communities in the same country by giving in to the temptation to write two separate, shorter books.... A significant contribution. -Robert Launay, author of Beyond the Stream: Islam & Society In A West African Town

[T]akes the bold step of considering Lebanese and African Shi a in Senegal together in the same volume, and refusing to admit the intellectual segregation of different racial communities in the same country by giving in to the temptation to write two separate, shorter books.... [A] significant contribution. Robert Launay, author of Beyond the Stream: Islam & Society in a West African Town

Takes the bold step of considering Lebanese and African Shi a in Senegal together in the same volume, and refusing to admit the intellectual segregation of different racial communities in the same country by giving in to the temptation to write two separate, shorter books.... A significant contribution. Robert Launay, author of Beyond the Stream: Islam & Society In A West African Town

Author Information

Mara A. Leichtman is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Muslim Studies at Michigan State University. She is editor (with Mamadou Diouf) of New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal: Conversion, Migration, Wealth, Power, and Femininity.

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