 | An Imagined Geography: Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Subjects: Sierra Leonean Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions; Sierra Leonean Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Ethnic identity; Muslims -- Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions; Immigrants -- Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions; Transnationalism; In An Imagined Geography , anthropologist JoAnn D'Alisera demonstrates persuasively that the long-held anthropological paradigms of separate, bounded, and unique communities, geographically located and neatly localized, must be reconsidered in light of the range and diversity of the Sierra Leonean diaspora. JoAnn D'Alisera teaches anthropology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. |
