The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam

by Ula Yvette Taylor

Book Overview

The patriarchal structure of the Nation of Islam (NOI) promised black women the prospect of finding a provider and a protector among the organization's men, who were fiercely committed to these masculine roles. Black women's 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469633930
• ISBN13: 9781469633930
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"