... nation building.” ⁵⁶ Thus, for some NOI members, Wallace’s introduction of Sunni Islam and efforts to domesticate Islam in the U.S. context came as a “mercy” to a community already deeply divided along theological lines. ⁵⁷ For others, however, the departure from NOI dogma had...

..., particularly because of the sisterhood and affirmations of Black womanhood it engendered. Early Nation women, even those college-educated, embraced the Nation’s complementary roles as part of their Nation-building project, which included empowering African American men to reclaim their invaluable roles...

... question’ were confronted simultaneously.” ³⁴ New ideas about Chinese womanhood advocating the “independent” politically informed woman as a positive good were explicitly linked to the project of Chinese nation building. In the waning days of the Qing dynasty, as Louise Edwards and others have...

... virtual nation and corpoNation. The chapter draws from the events of the Arab Spring, specifically the 2011 uprisings in Egypt which was referred to as the “Facebook Revolution.” As news media, policymakers and Egyptian citizens framed the Internet as an authentic, democratic space where nation-building...