{"product_id":"shii-cosmopolitanisms-in-africa-lebanese-migration-and-religious-conversion-in-senegal-paperback-softback-9780253016010","title":"Shi'i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa; Lebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253016010","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShi'i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMara A. Leichtman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253016010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 August 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 19 b\u0026amp;w illus., 4 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 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\"In popular and media portrayals of Islam, images of fundamentalism and global terrorism obscure more everyday understandings of the varied lives of Muslims around the world. Mara Leichtman's engaging book on Shi'ism in Senegal is a refreshing antidote.\"—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Ethnologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book provides an original and timely analysis of the dynamics of religion and race in transnational migration. . . . Leichtman's book is sure to make an impact on African studies but should be read by non- Africanists as well.\u003cbr\u003e \"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of West African History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book is highly recommended for anyone with interest in African and Middle Eastern Affairs, Islam and Religious Studies, and Peace Studies.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrican Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[Leichtman's] volume is a theoretically packed, historically grounded and ethnographically rich exploration into minority religious communities and their migrations.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern African Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Takes the bold step of considering Lebanese and African Shi'a in Senegal together in the same volume, and refusing to admit the intellectual segregation of different racial communities in the same country by giving in to the temptation to write two separate, shorter books. . . . A significant contribution.\"—Robert Launay, author of Beyond the Stream: Islam \u0026amp; Society In A West African Town\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\u003eMara A. Leichtman offers an in-depth study of Shi'i Islam in two very different communities in Senegal: the well-established Lebanese diaspora and Senegalese \"converts\" from Sunni to Shi'i Islam of recent decades. Sharing a minority religious status in a predominantly Sunni Muslim country, each group is cosmopolitan in its own way. Leichtman provides new insights into the everyday lives of Shi'i Muslims in Africa and the dynamics of local and global Islam. She explores the influence of Hizbullah and Islamic reformist movements, and offers a corrective to prevailing views of Sunni-Shi'i hostility, demonstrating that religious coexistence is possible in a context such as Senegal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Islam and Politics \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Locating Cosmopolitan Shi'i Islamic Movements in Senegal \u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Making of a Lebanese Community in Senegal\u003cbr\u003e Introduction to Part I.\u003cbr\u003e 1. French Colonial Manipulation and Lebanese Survival \u003cbr\u003e 2. Senegalese Independence and the Question of Belonging \u003cbr\u003e 3. Shi'i Islam Comes to Town: A Biography of Shaykh al-Zayn \u003cbr\u003e 4. Bringing Lebanese \"Back\" to Shi'i Islam \u003cbr\u003e Part II. Senegalese Conversion to Shi'i Islam\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Vernacularization of Shi'i Islam: Competition and Conflict \u003cbr\u003e 6. Migrating from One's Parents' Traditions: Narrating Conversion Experiences\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: 'Umar: Converting to an \"Intellectual Islam\"\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Creation of a Senegalese Shi'i Islam\u003cbr\u003e Coda: On Shi'i Islam, Anthropology, and Cosmopolitanism \u003cbr\u003e Glossary \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e References\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523937464600,"sku":"9780253016010","price":18.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/shii-cosmopolitanisms-in-africa-lebanese-migration-and-religious-conversion-in-senegal-paperback-softback-9780253016010","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}