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Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................................ iiiList of Illustrations ............................................................................................................................................................................... ii
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I. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 1II. Methodology ........................................................................................................................................................ 4Scope and Methods of CollectionLocation and PopulationPositioning Myself Analysis of Field DataConclusionsIII. Identity Theory ................................................................................................................................................ 22The Trouble with Identity TheoryCulture, Personality, and PsychologySymbolic InteractionismConstructionism: Representation, Semiotics, and Discursive TheoryFractured Self and Illusionary WholenessGender Studies and Feminist Contributions to IdentityThe Intersection of Identity and AgencyIV. Agency and Practice Theory ...................................................................................................................... 50Lessons from Anthropological CritiquesAgency TheoriesPractice TheoriesConclusionsV. A Practice Approach to Identity ................................................................................................................ 72An Explanation and ArgumentIdentity as PracticeComplicating Identity as PracticeMethods of Analysis and Questions to AskVI. Being a Muslim Immigrant: Multiplicity and Change in Identity Practice ............................ 85Yusraa: I am a BicyclistHaleema: I am a Makeup Sales LadyConclusionsVII. Being an Other: Power and Hegmony in Identity Practice ....................................................... 101Jamilah: I am BlackMuslims as OthersIkraam: Obama is a Muslim? Muslim is a Slur?Conclusions
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VIII. Being a Wife: Agency in Identity Practice .......................................................................................... 127Mufeeda: What is an Arranged Marriage Anyway?Akilah: Who are You to Deny Her Divorce?ConclusionsIX. Conclusion: We are the Ambassadors or Our Religion ............................................................... 143Extrapolating from the ParticularIdentity as PracticeBeing American Muslim WomenNotes ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 154Works Cited ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 155
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2.1 Total Number of Mosques in the Top Twenty-Five States by Number of Mosques ............................. 82.2 Total Number of Adherents in the Top Twenty-Five States by Total Muslim Population ................. 82.3 Screenshot of Evernote Being Used as a Content Management System ................................................. 152.4 Coding Structure Used During the Second Phase of Analysis .................................................................... 165.1 An Illustrative Example of a Single Act of Identity Practice ......................................................................... 75
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