South Asian American stories of self : the dis/united states of Muslim womanhood / Tasneem Mandviwala.
Mandviwala, Tasneem, author.
2022
E184.S69
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Title South Asian American stories of self : the dis/united states of Muslim womanhood / Tasneem Mandviwala.
Author Mandviwala, Tasneem, author.
ISBN 9783031158353 (electronic bk.)
3031158350 (electronic bk.)
9783031158346
3031158342
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15835-3
Published Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 184 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-15835-3 doi
Call Number E184.S69
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.48/6970973
Summary This book acknowledges and discusses the now politically infamous aspects of an American Muslim womans life such as Islamophobia and hijab, but it more importantly examines how women actually deal with these obstacles, intentionally shifting the lens to capture a more holistic, nuanced understanding of their human experiences. This text is based on a three-year-long qualitative interdisciplinary cultural and developmental psychology and gender systems study. It uniquely organizes risks, protective factors, and coping mechanisms according to developmental life stages, from teenage to adulthood. Results show how second-generation Muslim American womens identities develop during adolescence (11-18), emerging adulthood (19-29), and adulthood (30-39) within multiple socio-cultural contexts. Discussions regarding Muslim Americans often erroneously equate "Muslim" with "Arab" or "Middle Eastern." By focusing on South Asian Muslim Americans, this work bluntly discusses the overlaps of South Asian culture with Islam, an important contribution to the field since the majority of immigrant Muslims in America are of South Asian descent. This study adds nuance and detail to American Muslim girls and womens experiences while fighting misinformation and stereotypes. It is a significant contribution to anthropological developmental psychology and cultural psychology. The focus on a historically academically marginalized population is beneficial to students, researchers, and professionals in the field.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 14, 2022).
Series Muslims in global societies series ; v. 10.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783031158346
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Intro
Author's Note
Contents
Chapter 1: Hello, My Name Is
Answering Unasked Questions
Grounding the Second-Generation Female Muslim Experience: An Interplay of Culture, Ecology, and Feminism
Interviews: The Whys, Hows, and Whens
Conceptualizing Stage-Specific Research
Overview of Research Approach
Participants: Ethnicity and Recruitment
Creating the Interview Guide and Questionnaire
Questions of Reliability
The Path Forward
References
Chapter 2: The Ups, Downs, and Whatevers of Adolescence
Part 1: Developmental Risks and Challenges

Divided Lives, Divided Selves?: "I lead a double life"
"Muslim!": International-Political Stereotypes
Micro/Aggressions: Manifestations of the International-Political Stereotype
The Constantly Questionable: Muslim Womanhood Stereotypes
Original Origins: "Where are you really from?"
The Home Front: "I dunno, it's pretty normal"
Masjid: "It's like really real"
Boys and Reputation
Best Frenemies
Part 2: Protective Factors and Coping Mechanisms
The Art of Whatevering: Navigating on One's Own
Sameness of "Things and Stuff:" Like Peers and Social Support from Within

Little Miss Smarty Hijab: Why Smartness Is Important
Part 3: Adolescent Outcomes
Emergent Identities: Becoming What She Will Be
The (Muslim) Girl Next Door
The Cusp Moment
References
Chapter 3: Being While Becoming: Emerging Adulthood
Part 1: Marriage
I Do (It All!): American Islamic Marriage Versus American Marriage
Reasons to Marry: Public Acceptance and Private Freedom
Part 2: Education
From Protective Factor to Risk
Graduate Education: Issues of Marriage, Marginalization, and Mental Health
Creating New Methods of Coping for Higher Education

Excelling at the Cost of Romantic Partnership and Community Support
Location, Location, Location
Part 3: Individual Experiences Through Stages
From Adolescent to Emerging Adult: Three Case studies
Career: Or Not
Part 4: Resolution of Adolescent Risks
Taking Back Power Through Intentional Giving: The Reduced Risk of Questions and Divided Life Spaces
Islamophobia and the Muslim Womanhood Stereotype
Hijab
Sexual Harassment: Where Islamophobia and Patriarchies Meet Halfway
Trumping Trump: Complications of Non-Muslim Allyship
Part 5: Risks of Unconventional Life Paths

The Misfits: An Unwelcome Extended Adolescence
Part 6: Coping Mechanisms
Help: Turning to Established Coping Mechanisms as a Coping Mechanism
Therapy
AMEA Women-Driven Support Groups
Just Get on with It: Goal-Oriented Focus as a Coping Mechanism
Part 7: Emerging Adulthood Outcomes
The (Sort of, Kind of) All-American Woman
Settling into Selfhood: From Becoming to Being
References
Chapter 4: Adulthood: The Final Chapter?
A Struggle with the Juggle: Motherhood Versus Career
Un-mosqued: Motherhood Versus Masjid
The Risk of Isolation and Loss of Tradition

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