{"product_id":"boricua-muslims-everyday-cosmopolitanism-among-puerto-rican-converts-to-islam-hardback-9781477332436","title":"Borícua Muslims; Everyday Cosmopolitanism Among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam (Hardback) 9781477332436","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBorícua Muslims\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEveryday Cosmopolitanism Among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKen Chitwood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477332436, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBorÍcua Muslims\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and groundbreaking study of Latinx Islamidad and the growing number of Puerto Rican Muslims in the Caribbean and the United States. Ken Chitwood brings his multilingual talents in cultural studies, ethnography, and journalism to bear in this expansive and joyful exploration of how AmeRÍcan Muslims negotiate their island lives, transnational migrant encounters, and cosmopolitan community belongings in the global Muslim ummah.\" - Aliyah Khan, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Michigan\u003c\/i\u003e, Ann Arbor, author of \u003ci\u003eFar from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This expansive and powerful book sheds light on the everyday lives of AmeRÍcan Muslims by tracing their experiences, border crossings, and identities from Newark to BayamÓn to Houston. \u003ci\u003eBorÍcua Muslims\u003c\/i\u003e is intellectually rich, well written, and full of incredible stories that offer a compelling look at the varied and complex intersections of American religion, global Islamic studies, and Latinx Muslims.\" - Felipe Hinojosa, \u003ci\u003eBaylor University\u003c\/i\u003e, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eFaith and Power: Latino Religious Politics Since 1945\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe stories and struggles of Puerto Rican Muslims in modern day America. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Among Puerto Rican converts to Islam, marginalization is a fact of daily life. Their “authenticity” is questioned by other Muslims and by fellow BorÍcua on the island and in the United States. At the same time, they exist under the shadow of US colonization and as Muslims in the context of American empire. To be a Puerto Rican Muslim, then, is to negotiate identity at numerous intersections of diversity and difference. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Drawing on years of ethnographic research and more than a hundred interviews conducted in Puerto Rico, New York, Florida, Texas, New Jersey, and online, Ken Chitwood tells the story of Puerto Rican Muslims as they construct a shared sense of peoplehood through everyday practices. \u003ci\u003eBorÍcua Muslims\u003c\/i\u003e thus provides a study of cosmopolitanism not as a political ideal but as a mundane social reality-a reality that complicates scholarly and public conversations about race, ethnicity, and religion in the Americas. Expanding the geography of global Islam and recasting the relationship between religion and Puerto Rican culture, \u003ci\u003eBorÍcua Muslims\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful reckoning with the manifold entanglements of identity amid late-modern globalization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e List of Illustrations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface and Note on Language \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction: AmeRÍ\u003cbr\u003ecan Muslims in a Cosmopolitan Age \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. \u003ci\u003eCoyunturas\u003c\/i\u003e and Contingent Lineages: Archives of AmeRÍ\u003cbr\u003ecan Muslim Memory \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. “\u003cbr\u003eI will never deny I’\u003cbr\u003em BorÍ\u003cbr\u003ecua”\u003cbr\u003e: Resignifying Puerto Rican Peoplehood \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. \u003ci\u003eAn ummah en vaivÉ\u003cbr\u003en\u003c\/i\u003e: AmeRÍ\u003cbr\u003ecan Muslims, Global Traditions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Between \u003ci\u003eummah\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003easa\u003c\/i\u003eBorÍ\u003cbr\u003ecua: Generative Frictions on the Margins \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. \u003ci\u003e¡\u003cbr\u003ePa’\u003cbr\u003elante, inshallah!\u003c\/i\u003e Intersectional Solidarities in the Shadow of American Empire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusion: “\u003cbr\u003eGet to know one another”\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591021687064,"sku":"9781477332436","price":82.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/boricua-muslims-everyday-cosmopolitanism-among-puerto-rican-converts-to-islam-hardback-9781477332436","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}