ISBN:
9781469633954
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 269 Seiten)
Series Statement:
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Taylor, Ula Y. Promise of patriarchy
DDC:
297.87
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) History 20th century
;
Black Muslims Social conditions
;
African American women Social conditions 20th century
;
History
;
Muslim women Social conditions 20th century
;
History
;
Patriarchy
;
Nation of Islam
;
Schwarze Frau
;
USA
;
USA
;
Nation of Islam
;
Schwarze Frau
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
Abstract:
Black women's experience in the Nation of Islam has largely remained on the periphery of scholarship. Here, Ula Taylor documents their struggle to escape the devaluation of black womanhood while also clinging to the empowering promises of patriarchy
Description / Table of Contents:
Mrs. Clara Poole -- Building a movement, fighting the devil -- Allah Temple of Islam families : the Dillon report -- Controlling the black body : internal and external challenges -- World War II : women anchoring the Nation of Islam -- Flexing a new womanhood -- Nation of Islam womanhood, 1960-1975 -- The royal family -- The appeal of black nationalism and the promise of prosperity -- Modesty, marriage, and motherhood
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