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2725080The Promise of Patriarchyhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-promise-of-patriarchy-9781469633947/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3754067/e9f52898-6f7f-42b1-bc41-724ec9badb24.jpg?v=638877840231730000368387MXNThe University of North Carolina PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>The patriarchal structure of the Nation of Islam (NOI) promised black women the prospect of finding a provider and a protector among the organizations men, who were fiercely committed to these masculine roles. Black womens experience in the NOI, however, has largely remained on the periphery of scholarship. Here, Ula Taylor documents their struggle to escape the devaluation of black womanhood while also clinging to the empowering promises of patriarchy. Taylor shows how, despite being relegated to a lifestyle that did not encourage working outside of the home, NOI women found freedom in being able to bypass the degrading experiences connected to labor performed largely by working-class black women and in raising and educating their children in racially affirming environments.</p><p>Telling the stories of women like Clara Poole (wife of Elijah Muhammad) and Burnsteen Sharrieff (secretary to W. D. Fard, founder of the Allah Temple of Islam), Taylor offers a compelling narrative that explains how their decision to join a homegrown, male-controlled Islamic movement was a complicated act of self-preservation and self-love in Jim Crow America.</p>...2661347The Promise of Patriarchy368387https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-promise-of-patriarchy-9781469633947/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3754067/e9f52898-6f7f-42b1-bc41-724ec9badb24.jpg?v=638877840231730000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20179781469633947_W3siaWQiOiIwYzRlZGU0OS01MTUwLTRkYTQtODIwMy0zZTBjMDA1NDZiNzUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM4NywiZGlzY291bnQiOjE5LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjM2OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781469633947_<p>The patriarchal structure of the Nation of Islam (NOI) promised black women the prospect of finding a provider and a protector among the organizations men, who were fiercely committed to these masculine roles. Black womens experience in the NOI, however, has largely remained on the periphery of scholarship. Here, Ula Taylor documents their struggle to escape the devaluation of black womanhood while also clinging to the empowering promises of patriarchy. Taylor shows how, despite being relegated to a lifestyle that did not encourage working outside of the home, NOI women found freedom in being able to bypass the degrading experiences connected to labor performed largely by working-class black women and in raising and educating their children in racially affirming environments.</p><p>Telling the stories of women like Clara Poole (wife of Elijah Muhammad) and Burnsteen Sharrieff (secretary to W. D. Fard, founder of the Allah Temple of Islam), Taylor offers a compelling narrative that explains how their decision to join a homegrown, male-controlled Islamic movement was a complicated act of self-preservation and self-love in Jim Crow America.</p>...9781469633947_The University of North Carolina Presslibro_electonico_0990d688-4931-3771-988a-28a3bfc2a1dc_9781469633947;9781469633947_9781469633947Ula YvetteInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-77da8287-b5d5-476f-8d7d-85334172cd7a.epub2017-09-05T00:00:00+00:00The University of North Carolina Press