Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xiii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Arab American writing
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Arab American writing.
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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. 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. 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. |
Subject |
Arab Americans -- Race identity.
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Arab Americans. |
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Arab Americans -- Civil rights.
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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. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Arab Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Chronological Term |
21st century |
Subject |
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) |
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States. |
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Race relations. |
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Racism -- United States.
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Racism. |
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Racism. |
Added Author |
Jamal, Amaney A., 1970-
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Naber, Nadine Christine.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Race and Arab Americans before and after 9/11. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)652322363 |
ISBN |
9780815631521 cloth alkaline paper |
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0815631529 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780815631774 paperback alkaline paper |
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0815631774 paperback alkaline paper |
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