Living Our Religions: Hindu and Muslim South Asian—American Women Narrate Their Experiences

Anjana Narayan; Bandana Purkayastha

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 2008

Living Our Religions

Hindu and Muslim South Asian—American Women Narrate Their Experiences

Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626373860

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Living Our Religions sheds important light on the lives of Hindu and Muslim American women of South Asian origin. As the authors reveal their diverse and culturally dynamic religious practices, describe the race, gender, and ethnic boundaries that they encounter, and document how they resist and challenge these boundaries, they cut through the myths and ethnocentrism of popular portrayals to reveal the vibrancy, courage, and agency of an "invisible" minority.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1 Introduction Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I Religion, Gender, Boundaries
2 Transgressing the Sacred-Secular, Private-Public Divide Bandana Purkayastha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3 The Interconnecting Humanity: Connections Between Our Spiritual and Secular Worlds Selina Jamil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4 Islam through a Mosaic of Cultures Parveen Talpur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
5 At the Crossroads of Religions: The Experiences of a Newar Woman in Nepal and the United States Bidya Ranjeet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
6 Color of God: Resplendent Clay of Hindu Images as the Glow of the Ineffable Neela Bhattacharya Saxena Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
7 I Am Muslim First Salma Kamal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
8 Red, Bulls, and Tea: Cultural Hashing of a 1.5er (A.K.A. Second-generation Reflections) Monoswita Saha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
9 Interpretive Intervention: Religion, Gender, and Boundaries Bandana Purkayastha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
PART II Religion, Practices, Resistances
10 The Many Facets of Hinduism Anjana Narayan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
11 Living Hinduism and Striving to Achieve Internal and External Harmony Shanthi Rao Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
12 Mapping the Memories of a Nepali Woman in the United States Shobha Hamal Gurung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
13 Bengali, Bangladeshi yet Muslim Elora Halim Chowdhury Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
14 Religion as Inspiration, Religion as Action Aysha Saeed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
15 Muslim Women between Dual Realities Rafia Zakaria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
16 Challenging the Master Frame through Dalit Organizing in the United States Shweta Majumdar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
17 Interpretive Intervention: Religion, Practices, and Resistances Anjana Narayan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
18 Conclusion: Human Rights, Religions, Gender Bandana Purkayastha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Appendix: Methodological Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
The Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Original publisher: Kumarian Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 341

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Published: November 25, 2008
ISBN: 9781626373860