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Author Taylor, Ula Y., author.

Title The promise of patriarchy : women and the Nation of Islam / Ula Yvette Taylor.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
©2017

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Mrs. Clara Poole -- Building a movement, fighting the devil -- Allah Temple of Islam families : the Dillon report -- Controlling the black body : internal and external challenges -- World War II : women anchoring the Nation of Islam -- Flexing a new womanhood -- Nation of Islam womanhood, 1960-1975 -- The royal family -- The appeal of black nationalism and the promise of prosperity -- Modesty, marriage, and motherhood.
Summary Black women's experience in the Nation of Islam has largely remained on the periphery of scholarship. Here, Ula Taylor documents their struggle to escape the devaluation of black womanhood while also clinging to the empowering promises of patriarchy.
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Subject Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 20th century.
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.)
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Black Muslims -- Social conditions.
Black Muslims -- Social conditions.
Black Muslims.
African American women -- Social conditions -- History -- 20th century.
Muslim women -- United States -- Social conditions -- History -- 20th century.
African American women -- Social conditions.
Muslim women.
Social conditions.
Patriarchy.
Patriarchy.
United States.
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
Muslim women -- Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Taylor, Ula Y. Promise of patriarchy. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017] 9781469633923 1469633922 (DLC) 2017021189 (OCoLC)975491059
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