TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shams,Tahseen
TI  - Here, there, and elsewhere: the making of immigrant identities in a globalized world 
T2  - Globalization in everyday life
SN  - 9781503610699
AV  - E184.S69 S528 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - South Asian Americans
KW  - Ethnic identity.
KW  - Muslims
KW  - United States
KW  - Social conditions.
KW  - Politics and government.
KW  - Political activity
KW  - United States.
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Ethnic relations.
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-236) and index.; Societies interconnected -- Beyond "here" and "there" : the multicentered relational framework -- Global dimensions of homeland ties -- The geopolitics of being "good Muslims" in America -- "Muslims in danger" here and elsewhere -- Taking precautions here for "Muslims in conflict" elsewhere -- Here, there, and elsewhere
N2  - "With this book, Tahseen Shams is the first to theorize the idea of elsewhere, and in so doing fills a major gap in migration literature. Taking Islam as a lens through which to study connections between migrants from different homelands, she finds that many South Asian Muslim Americans engage in political and social activities that aim to bring changes to Middle Eastern "elsewhere." Moreover, they evaluate mainstream U.S. politics based on American politicians' positions on Muslim-related issues "elsewhere." Elsewhere introduces new questions for understanding any migrant community's political participation and sense of belonging"--
ER  -