The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean /

The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean / Ken Chitwood.

"Uniquely tells the historical and contemporary story of Muslims and Islam in Latin America and the Caribbean"--

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Chitwood, Ken, 1984- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2021.
Subjects:
Muslims > Latin America > History.
Muslims > Caribbean Area > History.
Islam > Latin America > History.
Islam > Caribbean Area > History.
Electronic books.
Ethnic relations.
Islam.
Muslims.
Latin America > Ethnic relations.
Caribbean Area > Ethnic relations.
Caribbean Area.
Latin America.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title page
  • copyright page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Ch1- Putting Muslims on the Map in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • An Americas Approach to Global Islam
  • Further Globalizing Global Islam
  • Why This Book?
  • Overview of the Book
  • Notes
  • Ch2- The Question of Pre-Columbian Contact
  • A Question of History
  • Quick and the Question of Pre-Columbian Contact in the Americas
  • Name It and Claim It
  • Notes
  • Ch3- Los Moros, Spain, and the Making of the New World
  • Longing for the "Ornament of the World"
  • Al-Andalus and the Making of the Americas.
  • Muslim Servants, Conquistadors, Interpreters, Healers, and Colonizers
  • Muslims and the Imagining of the Americas
  • Andalusian Architecture in the Americas
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Ch4- Enslaved Muslims and Their Enduring Legacy
  • Servants of Allah, Enslaved in the Americas
  • Inshallah and Insurrections
  • Enslaved Muslims' Legacy in the Americas
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Ch5- Indentured Servants and Immigrants
  • Muslim Indentured Servants from India
  • Muslim Indentured Servants from Indonesia
  • Newcomers from the Middle East
  • Conclusion
  • Notes.
  • Ch6- Halal in Brazil and the Global Muslim Economy
  • Why the Global Halal Economy Matters
  • Muslims in Brazil
  • Balancing Between "Elsewhere" and "Here"
  • Between Being Halal and Being Here
  • Muslim Economies in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
  • The Religious Economies of Global Islam
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Ch7- Islamophobia and the War on Terror
  • The Global War on Terror and the Americas
  • The Question of Salafism, Jamaat al-Muslimeen, and Muslims in Trinidad
  • The Tenuous Place of Muslims in Argentina's Public Sphere
  • Fear and Terror Along the Triple Frontier
  • Conclusion
  • Notes.
  • Ch8- Seeking a Better World in Mexico
  • Muslims in Mexico: Yesterday and Today
  • The Muslims of Chiapas
  • The Murabitun World Movement
  • Is Another World Possible?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Ch9- The Contest for Sunni Hegemony in the Caribbean
  • Muslims in Cuba
  • Turkey's Growing Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Mapping Turkey on Cuba, Reimagining Cuba as Muslim
  • Petro-Islam Flows into the Caribbean
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Ch10- The Dream of a Latinx Muslim Homeland
  • Latinx Muslims in the United States-A Demographic Look
  • The Conversion Pathways of Latinx Muslims.
  • Dreams of al-Andalus
  • Living as an "Imagined Diaspora"
  • Al-Andalus as Imagined Latinx Muslim Homeland
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Ch11- The Americas as Part of a Broader ""Muslim World
  • Areas for Further Consideration
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Book.

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