Does the black struggle for civil rights make common cause with the movement to foster queer community; protest anti-queer violence or discrimination; and demand respect for the rights and sensibilities of queer people? Confronting this emotionally charged question; Ladelle McWhorter reveals how a carefully structured campaign against abnormality in the late 19th and early 20th centuries encouraged white Americans to purge society of so-called biological contaminants; people who were poor; disabled; black; or queer. Building on a legacy of savage hate crimes―such as the killings of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd―McWhorter shows that racism; sexual oppression; and discrimination against the disabled; the feeble; and the poor are all aspects of the same societal distemper; and that when the civil rights of one group are challenged; so are the rights of all.
#159221 in Books Beverly B Mack 2000-05-22 2000-05-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .57 x 5.50l; .60 #File Name: 0253213983224 pagesOne Woman s Jihad Nana Asma u Scholar and Scribe
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This book captured the beauty and fairness of Islam as ...By Nathar DanielThis book captured the beauty and fairness of Islam as displayed in the life of Nana Asmau and the high level of Islamic scholaticism in west Africa.I was moved by her story and inspired to share the availability of this book with others.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. An AWAIR Pick!!!By Audrey ShabbasHere is the historical; spiritual; and literary portrait of a remarkable 19th-century African Muslim woman. The daughter of the spiritual and political leader of the Sokoto community (Usman Dan Fodio); Nana Asma'u (1793-1864) was a poet; teacher; and role model for Muslim women. She was a scholar of Islam and a key adviser to her father as he struggled to bring Islam to the population of what is now northwestern Nigeria. Her poetry is familiar to Hausa Muslims today; attesting to the power and continued relevance of her convictions and achievements.Teachers/Librarians: 9th-adult; Social Studies/Humanities11 of 12 people found the following review helpful. An important book in Islamic scholarshipBy GogolThis is a realy important book and it is a shame that it is so overlooked. Nana Asma'u was the daughter of Sheikh Usuman dan Fodio; scholar and warrior and sister of the Caliph Muhammad Bello. This book not only describes the Islamic community that thrived in West Africa under Muhammad Bello but also the importance given to education especially the education of women.In this Nana Asma'u played an especially important role she not only being sister to the Caliph but an important Islamic scholar in her own right. This book details the methodolay used by the Muslim community of West Africa in education and how Islam was spread by educated Muslim women such as Nana Asmau.This book is a valuable read and one I would recomend to anyone who had an interest in either Islam/Sufism or African history.
