The Politics of (Mere) Presence: The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
The old Islamic Center of Murfreesboro was not, it seems, meant to be seen at all. A yearning to blend in, be ordinary, unremarkable, even overlooked, would, as I later discovered, inflect the architectural presentiments of the old and new centers alike, and provide an apt metaphor for the struggles...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Yale University
2014
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Conversations
Année: 2014 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Islam
B Architecture B Mosque B Islamophobia B Prejudice B American Islam |
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| Résumé: | The old Islamic Center of Murfreesboro was not, it seems, meant to be seen at all. A yearning to blend in, be ordinary, unremarkable, even overlooked, would, as I later discovered, inflect the architectural presentiments of the old and new centers alike, and provide an apt metaphor for the struggles that have confronted the Islamic community in this small city in central Tennessee. |
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| ISSN: | 2475-241X |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Conversations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22332/con.ess.2014.2 |