"Trying to have an identity without a place in the world" -- "We are stateless, but we still have rights" -- "The best country in the world" : imagining America in an age of empire -- "The beauty of America is it's a salad bowl" : everyday nationalism at Regional High -- "Are you or are you not an American?" : the politics of belonging in everyday life
Summary
"Tells the stories of young Palestinian Americans as they navigate and construct lives as American citizens. Following these youth throughout their school days, Thea Abu El-Haj examines citizenship as lived experience, dependent on various social, cultural, and political memberships. ... She illustrates the complex ways social identities are bound up with questions of belonging and citizenship, and she details the processes through which immigrant youth are racialized via everyday nationalistic practices."--Publisher description
