Living our Religions

Narayan, Anjana [u.a.] (Hrsg.):
Living our religions : Hindu and Muslim South Asian American women narrate their experiences / [edited] by Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha ; with Shobha Hamal Gurung ... [et al.]. - Sterling, Va. : Kumarian Press, 2009 [November 2008 laut Verlag]. - vii, 341 S.
ISBN 978-1-56549-270-7 / 1-56549-270-6 (Paperback) 
US$ 29,50
ISBN 978-1-56549-271-4 / 1-56549-271-4 (Hardcover) 
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Beschreibung
The population of the South Asian Diaspora in the US is over 2.5 million people. Yet in a post 9/11 climate of opinion, little is known about this group beyond images of Muslim and Hindu fundamentalists and terrorists. This is particularly true of women where simplistic assumptions about veils and subordination obscure the voices of the women themselves.
   Rarely are Hindu and Muslim American women—many of whom are social workers, physicians, lawyers, academics, students, homemakers—asked about their everyday lives and religious beliefs.
   Living our Religions brings out these hidden stories from South Asian American women of Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian and Nepali origin. Their accounts show how diverse and culturally dynamic religious practices emerge within the intersection of histories and politics of specific locales. The authors describe the race, gender, and ethnic boundaries they encounter; they also document how they resist and challenge these boundaries. Living our Religions cuts through the myths and ethnocentrism of popular portrayals to reveal the vibrancy, courage and agency of an "invisible" minority. [Verlagsinformation]

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

Herausgeberinnen
ANJANA NARAYAN is an Assistant Professor at California State Polytechnic University Pomona. She recently completed her dissertation titled Ethnic Organizations and Ethnic Identities: The Use of Websites for Creating Transnational Gendered Identities. She is a recipient of several University wide awards including 100 Years of Women's Scholarship Award. She also received a citation from Governor Jodi Rell for her scholarship and activism and commitment to women’s issues. She also has a postgraduate degree in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai (India). She was associated with a range of innovative initiatives in the field of women and development in India.
BANDANA PURKAYASTHA is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut. Her current research and publications focus on the intersection of racialized ethnicity, gender and class. She has published chapters and articles in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and India on multiple marginalities that affect Asian American women. She is the author of the book titled Negotiating Ethnicity – Second Generation South Asian Americans Traverse a Transnational World (Rutgers University Press 2005), and the co-editor of The Power of Women's Informal Networks - Lessons in Social Change from South Asia and West Africa (Lexington Books, 2004). She is also the Deputy Editor of the journal Gender and Society.

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