Sylvia Chan-Malik
Biographic Data
| ID | 334941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sylvia Chan-Malik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sylvia |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan-Malik |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN-MALIK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sylvia Chan-Malik is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Her research examines the intersections of race, religion, gender, and sexuality through critical frameworks of American transnationalism and comparative Ethnic Studies, with a specific focus on the history of Islam in the United States. |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0963-470X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Soundtrack to a Movement: African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism by Richard BRENT Turner
Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam
Being U.S. Muslims: A Cultural History of Women of Color and American Islam offers a previously untold story of Islam in the United States that foregrounds the voices, experiences, and images of women of color in the United States from the early twentieth century to the present. Until the late 1960s, the majority of Muslim women in the U.S.—as well as almost all U.S. Muslim women who appeared in the American press or popular culture, were African…
A Space for the Spiritual”: A Roundtable on Race, Gender, and Islam in the United States
This roundtable features leading thinkers on Islam and gender. The contributors provide brief opening statements on their work on Islam, race, and gender. The roundtable includes a discussion of key terms in the field, whether the scholars identify as Muslim American or American Muslim, and the relationship between feminism and Islam
Asian American Religions in a Globalized World
Guest editors Sylvia Chan-Malik and Khyati Joshi provide an overview of the special issue on Asian American religions. The introduction traces the history of the study of Asian American religions, describing trends and development of the field. In particular, they focus on religion and Asian American racialization in the wake of 9/11. The essay includes a summary of the pieces collected in the special issue
Chadors, Feminists, Terror: The Racial Politics of U.S. Media Representations of the 1979 Iranian Women’s Movement
On March 8, 1979, Iranian women took to the streets of Tehran for International Women's Day. This article examines American media representations of the weeklong protests and explores how the event occasioned the emergence of a distinctly American-and deeply racialized-"discourse of the veil," in which "Islam" was rendered a national catchphrase for terror and the figure of the "Poor Muslim Woman" entered U.S. cultural discourse as a symbol of a …
Chadors, Feminists, Terror: The Racial Politics of U.S. Media Representations of the 1979 Iranian Women’s Movement
On March 8, 1979, Iranian women took to the streets of Tehran for International Women's Day. This article examines American media representations of the weeklong protests and explores how the event occasioned the emergence of a distinctly American-and deeply racialized-"discourse of the veil," in which "Islam" was rendered a national catchphrase for terror and the figure of the "Poor Muslim Woman" entered U.S. cultural discourse as a symbol of a …
A Space for the Spiritual”: A Roundtable on Race, Gender, and Islam in the United States
This roundtable features leading thinkers on Islam and gender. The contributors provide brief opening statements on their work on Islam, race, and gender. The roundtable includes a discussion of key terms in the field, whether the scholars identify as Muslim American or American Muslim, and the relationship between feminism and Islam
Chadors, Feminists, Terror: The Racial Politics of U.S. Media Representations of the 1979 Iranian Women’s Movement
On March 8, 1979, Iranian women took to the streets of Tehran for International Women's Day. This article examines American media representations of the weeklong protests and explores how the event occasioned the emergence of a distinctly American-and deeply racialized-"discourse of the veil," in which "Islam" was rendered a national catchphrase for terror and the figure of the "Poor Muslim Woman" entered U.S. cultural discourse as a symbol of a …
A Space for the Spiritual”: A Roundtable on Race, Gender, and Islam in the United States
This roundtable features leading thinkers on Islam and gender. The contributors provide brief opening statements on their work on Islam, race, and gender. The roundtable includes a discussion of key terms in the field, whether the scholars identify as Muslim American or American Muslim, and the relationship between feminism and Islam
Asian American Religions in a Globalized World
Guest editors Sylvia Chan-Malik and Khyati Joshi provide an overview of the special issue on Asian American religions. The introduction traces the history of the study of Asian American religions, describing trends and development of the field. In particular, they focus on religion and Asian American racialization in the wake of 9/11. The essay includes a summary of the pieces collected in the special issue
Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam
Being U.S. Muslims: A Cultural History of Women of Color and American Islam offers a previously untold story of Islam in the United States that foregrounds the voices, experiences, and images of women of color in the United States from the early twentieth century to the present. Until the late 1960s, the majority of Muslim women in the U.S.—as well as almost all U.S. Muslim women who appeared in the American press or popular culture, were African…
Soundtrack to a Movement: African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism by Richard BRENT Turner
Political science (5 works) · Race, History, and American Society (5 works) · Religious studies (4 works) · History (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Feminism (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)