Nation Women Negotiating Islam - Moving Beyond Boundaries in the Twentieth Century

Through untold stories of women in the social project of the Nation of Islam, this book reveals an activism of NOI women that sought to engage self-agency, despite classist, patriarchal, and sexist underpinnings.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Context for Women in the Nation
Chapter Two: Perceptions, Rules and Practices Among Nation Women
Chapter Three: Muslim Girls Training: Nation Women, Marriage and Family
Chapter Four: Nation Women, Children and Education
Chapter Five: Nation Ideological Formations and Women
Chapter Six: A Shared Continuum of Black Women's Community Activism
Chapter Seven: Nation Women and Politics of Protection
Appendix
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

C. S'thembile West is professor emerita at Western Illinois University.

Product details

• Authors: C. S'thembile West, C. S''thembile West
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2023
• EAN: 9781793642370
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-237-0
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: The Africana Experience and Critical Leadership Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Politics & government, Feminism & feminist theory, Politics and government, Feminism and feminist theory