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Arab American women : representation and refusal / edited by Michael W. Suleiman, Suad Joseph, and Louise Cainkar.

Other author/creatorSuleiman, Michael W., editor.
Other author/creatorJoseph, Suad editor.
Other author/creatorCainkar, Louise, editor.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2021.
Copyright Notice ̐u2021
Descriptionxxi, 488 pages ; 27 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Critical Arab American studies
Critical Arab American studies. ^A1373911
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-WWII / 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 OttomanEra 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.
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formOnline version: Arab American women. First edition. Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2020. 9780815655138
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2020037001
ISBN9780815637097
ISBN9780815636847 hardcover
ISBN0815636849 hardcover
ISBN0815637098 paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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