Identity and Activism among Tennessee Muslims

Identifier

14

Author

Jeanne Loree Hanna

Date

2013

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Major

Anthropology

Committee Chair

A. Katherine Lambert-Pennington

Abstract

Recent increases in hostility towards Islam from both the state legislature and loosely organized groups of private citizens have drawn Muslim communities in Tennessee together to more effectively counter the stigmatization of their faith. A shared sense of injustice and fears of discrimination have led Muslims in Tennessee, from a variety of ethnic and social backgrounds, to adopt the pan-Islamic identity foisted upon them by the media and popular perceptions of Islam in the West. This has provided a strategic platform for collective political activism while simultaneously creating points of friction among these different communities along ethnic and generational boundaries.

Comments

Undergraduate Honor's Thesis

Library Comment

Honors thesis originally submitted to the Local University of Memphis Honor’s Thesis Repository.

Recommended Citation

Hanna, Jeanne Loree, "Identity and Activism among Tennessee Muslims" (2013). Honors Theses. 11.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/honors_theses/11