Farha Bano Ternikar, "Intersectionality in the Muslim South Asian-American Middle Class" (Lexington Books, 2021)
In\xa0Intersectionality in the Muslim South Asian-American Middle Class: Lifestyle Consumption beyond Halal and Hijab\xa0(Lexington Books, 2021), wherein Ternikar theorizes the everyday consumption of South Asian Muslim American women through case studies of their food, clothing, and social media presence. Through feminist, intersectional, and sociology of consumption theories, she provides excellent insights into the nuanced ways that these women negotiate their gendered, classed, racial, and religious identities. Far from being simply a book about the clothing styles, dietary habits and preferences, and social media presence of Muslim American women of South Asian backgrounds, it is an excellent exploration of the ways that this group of American women maintain, form, and re-invent new identities through consumption while maintaining and re-negotiating inherited ethno-religious traditions.\nFarha Bano Ternikar is an associate professor of Sociology and director of Gender and Women\u2019s Studies at Le Moyne College. She has an MA in Religious Studies and a PhD in Sociology. Her publications include \u201cFeeding the Muslim South Asian Immigrant Family" in Feminist Food Studies (2019), \u201cConstructing the Halal Kitchen in the American Diaspora\u201d (2020), and \u201cHijab and the Abrahamic Traditions\u201d in Sociology Compass (2010). Her publications \u201cEthical consumption and Modest fashion\u201d is forthcoming in Fashion Studies Journal (Spring 2022), and \u201cThe Changing Face of Arranged Marriage irl and online in the Muslim Diaspora\u201d in the Politics of Tradition, Resistance and Change (summer 2022).\nIn our interview today, we discuss the main contributions and findings of her book\xa0Intersectionality in the Muslim South Asian-American Middle Class: Lifestyle Consumption beyond Halal and Hijab, her choice to focus on upper-middle class South Asian American women, her respondents\u2019 complex ideas of hijab, modesty, and halal consumption of food, and their presence on and consumption of social media.\nShehnaz Haqqani is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Mercer University. She earned her PhD in Islamic Studies with a focus on gender from the University of Texas at Austin in 2018. Her dissertation research explored questions of change and tradition, specifically in the context of gender and sexuality, in Islam. She can be reached at\xa0haqqani_s@mercer.edu.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies