| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 488 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Critical Arab American studies |
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Critical Arab American studies.
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| Contents |
Preface I / Suad Joseph -- Preface II / Michael W. Suleiman -- Tribute to Michael W. Suleiman / Suad Joseph -- Arab American Women: Intersectional Genealogies and Trajectories / Suad Joseph -- A Brief History of Arab-American Women 1890s-World War II / Michael W. Suleiman -- Mapping the Archive for Arab American Women's Labor in the New York Metropolitan Area, 1880-1930 / Jess Bier -- "Keeping Us Lebanese": The Role of Unmarried Daughters of Ottoman-Era Lebanese Immigrants in New England / Amy E. Rowe -- Rose and the Four Sisters of Fate (Part II) / Gregory Orfalea -- An Archive of Difference: Syrian Women, the Peddling Economy and US Social Welfare, 1880-1935 / Charlotte Karem Albrecht -- From Lebanon to Louisiana: 'Afifa Karam and Arab Women's Writing in the Diaspora / Sarah M.A. Gualtieri -- Transfigurations: Home-Space in Two Arab American Women's Novels / Lisa Suhair Majaj -- Scheherazade and the Limits of Inclusive Politics in Arab American Literature / Mejdulene Shomali -- Second-Wave Arab-American Feminist Activism: The Story of the Feminist Arab-American Network / Carol Haddad -- Daughters of Fatima: Shi'a Iraqi Women in the United States / Bridget Blomfield -- An Anti-Imperialist Transnational Approach to Middle East Women's Studies / Nadine Naber -- Interview with Elaine Hagopian / Umayyah Cable -- Arab America Gender Representations in the New York Times: 1851 Through 1919 / Suad Joseph -- Evoking Sympathy for the Muslim Woman Post 9/11 / Evelyn Alsultany -- "Desert" Is Just Another Word for Freedom / Amira Jarmakani -- Ethnic Citizenship in a Time of Crisis: Lebanese-American Women in the 2006 War / Rita Stephan -- Dangerous Women/Women in Danger: Gendered Impacts of Hate and Repression 9/11 and Beyond / Louise Cainkar -- Gendering the Security State: Family and Community Impacts of Arab Detentions in the Northwest US / Therese Saliba |
| Summary |
"This rigorous, multidisciplinary volume on Arab American women includes contributions from scholars and activists in in a diverse array of fields, including history, sociology, anthropology, literary studies, media studies, women and gender studies, and creative writing"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"This tribute to Michael W. Suleiman was first presented at "Contemporary Research in Arab American Studies: New Trends and Critical Perspectives. A Conference in Honor of Michael W. Suleiman ... The conference was held at the Arab American National Musuem in Dearborn, Michigan, on November 4-6, 2011."--Page xv |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 22, 2021) |
| Subject |
Arab American women -- Social conditions -- Congresses
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Arab Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Congresses
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Arab Americans -- History -- Congresses
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Sex role -- United States -- Congresses
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Arab American women -- Social conditions
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Arab Americans -- Ethnic identity
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Arab Americans -- History
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Sex role -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
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Arab Americans
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Arab Americans -- Ethnic identity
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Sex role
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Suleiman, Michael W., editor.
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Joseph, Suad, editor
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Cainkar, Louise, editor.
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Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, Mich.), host institution.
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| LC no. |
2020037002 |
| ISBN |
9780815655138 |
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0815655134 |
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