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Commonly portrayed in the media as holding women in strict subordination and deference to men, Islam is nonetheless attracting numerous converts among African American women. Are these women "reproducing their oppression," as it might seem? Or does their adherence to the religion suggest unsuspected subtleties and complexities in the relation of women, especially black women, to Islam? Carolyn Rouse sought answers to these questions among the women of Sunni Muslim mosques in Los Angeles. Her richly textured study provides rare insight into the meaning of Islam for African American women; in pa

Redemptive media histories -- Black Christian redemption: contested possibilities -- Racial redemption: language in Muslim media -- Divine redemption: Hebrew Israelites and the saving of the world -- Religious media and Black self-formation -- Reimagined possibilities: prosperity and the journey to redemption -- Race, Islam, and longings for inclusion: Muslim media and twenty-first-century redemption -- Citizens as stewards: on the air, online, and in the community