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FRAMEWORKING BLACK MUSLIM CULTURAL IDENTITY: THE NATION OF ISLAM
FRAMEWORKING BLACK MUSLIM CULTURAL IDENTITY: THE NATION OF ISLAM

Author(s): Péter Gaál Szabó
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: African American culture; Black Muslim; identity formation; Islam; racial / cultural self; religious community;

Summary/Abstract: The present study explores African American cultural projection with special focus on its implosive nature. In particular, I will investigate identity formation through the creation of the (imagined) religious community: The Nation of Islam. The ultimate question explored is how a new racial/cultural self of the Black Muslim is created through a religious genealogy and praxis.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 49-57
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English