Here, there, and elsewhere : the making of immigrant identities in a globalized world /
With this book, Tahseen Shams is the first to theorize the idea of elsewhere, and in so doing fills a major gap in migration literature. Taking Islam as a lens through which to study connections between migrants from different homelands, she finds that many south Asian Muslim Americans engage in pol...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Globalization in everyday life.
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| Summary: | With this book, Tahseen Shams is the first to theorize the idea of elsewhere, and in so doing fills a major gap in migration literature. Taking Islam as a lens through which to study connections between migrants from different homelands, she finds that many south Asian Muslim Americans engage in political and social activities that aim to bring changes to Middle Eastern "elsewhere." Moreover, they evaluate mainstream U.S. politics based on American politicians' positions on Muslim-related issues "elsewhere." Elsewhere introduces new questions for understanding any migrant community's political participation and sense of belonging. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 247 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781503610699 1503610691 9781503612839 150361283X |