Intersectional Islamophobia: The Case of a Black Ahmadi Muslim Celebrity

This essay explores "Islamophobia" through actor Mahershala Ali. I focus on Ali's 2017 awards and their audience reception, especially in Pakistan. Ali frames an analysis of the mediation of Black American Ahmadi Muslim identity within national conditions of anti-Muslim animus, the il...

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Subtitles:Roundtable Africana Perspectives on Islamophobia
Main Author: Petersen, Kristian 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press [2019]
In: Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 139-151
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ali, Mahershala 1974- / USA / Pakistan / Islamophobia / Racism / Ahmadiyya
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBM Asia
KBQ North America
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This essay explores "Islamophobia" through actor Mahershala Ali. I focus on Ali's 2017 awards and their audience reception, especially in Pakistan. Ali frames an analysis of the mediation of Black American Ahmadi Muslim identity within national conditions of anti-Muslim animus, the illegibility of Black Muslimness, and global debates about Muslim "orthodoxy."
ISSN:2165-5413
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions