Believing in South Central - Everyday Islam in the City of Angels

"In many ways "South Central" still functions as a deeply problematic shorthand for "Black Los Angeles." While some of these stereotypes hit on troubling realities--it is home to many of LA's poorest, most violent neighborhoods--the reality is far more complicated. In the context of demographic shifts and struggles with widespread poverty, Pamela J. Prickett zeroes in on an African American Muslim community and examines what believers do to help each other combat poverty, joblessness, violence, and racial injustice"--

About the author

Pamela J. Prickett, PhD, is an urban ethnographer and assistant professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam.

Product details

• Authors: Pamela J Prickett, Pamela J Prickett
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780226747286
• ISBN: 978-0-226-74728-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Urban communities / city life, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity