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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 378 pages) : illustrations |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Arab American writing |
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Arab American writing.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-356) and index. |
| Contents |
Figures and tables -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction : Arab Americans and U.S. racial formations / Nadine Naber -- 2. Thinking outside the box : Arabs and race in the United States / Louise Cainkar -- 3. The moral analogies of race : Arab American identity, color politics, and the limits of racialized citizenship / Andrew Shryock -- 4. Civil liberties and the otherization of Arab and Muslim Americans / Amaney Jamal -- 5. "Whiteness" and the Arab immigrant experience / Sawsan Abdulrahim -- 6. Strange fruit? Syrian immigrants, extralegal violence, and racial formation in the United States / Sarah M.A. Gualtieri -- 7. Grandmothers, grape leaves, and Kahlil Gibran : writing race in anthologies of Arab American literature / Michelle Hartman -- 8. The prime-time plight of the Arab Muslim American after 9/11 : configurations of race and nation in TV dramas / Evelyn Alsultany -- 9. Arab Americans and Muslim Americans in the New York Times, before and after 9/11 / Suad Joseph, Benjamin D'Harlingue, with Alvin Ka Hin Wong -- 10. "Look, Mohammed the terrorist is coming!" Cultural racism, nation-based racism, and the intersectionality of oppressions after 9/11 / Nadine Naber -- 11. Discrimination and identity formation in a post-9/11 era : a comparison of Muslim and Christian Arab Americans / Jen'nan Ghazal Read -- 12. Conclusion : Arab American racialization / Amaney Jamal -- Works cited -- Index. |
| Summary |
Bringing the rich terrain of Arab American histories to bear on conceptualizations of race in the U.S., this groundbreaking volume fills a critical gap in the field of U.S. racial and ethnic studies. The articles collected here highlight emergent discourses on the distinct ways that race matters to the study of Arab American histories and experiences and asks essential questions. What is the relationship between U.S. imperialism in Arab homelands and anti-Arab racism in the U.S.? In what ways have the axes of nation, religion, class, and gender intersected with Arab American racial formations? What is the significance of whiteness studies to Arab American studies? Transcending multiculturalist discourses that have simply "added on" the category "Arab American" to the landscape of U.S. racial and ethnic studies after the attacks of September 11th, 2001, this volume locates September 11 as a turning point, rather than a beginning, in Arab Americans' diverse engagements with "race."--Provided by publisher. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Arab Americans -- Ethnic identity.
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Arab Americans -- Civil rights.
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Arab Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Arab Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.
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United States -- Race relations.
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Racism -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Jamal, Amaney A., 1970- editor.
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Naber, Nadine Christine, editor.
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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| Added Title |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0815631529 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780815631774 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0815631774 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780815631521 hardcover |
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9780815631774 paperback |
| Standard No. |
heb40061 hdl |
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