| Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11: From Invisible Citizens to Visible Subjects Contributor(s): Jamal, Amaney (Editor), Naber, Nadine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0815631774 ISBN-13: 9780815631774 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 305.899 |
| LCCN: 2007039522 |
| Series: Arab American Writing |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.23" W x 9.09" (1.25 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Arabic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bringing the rich terrain of Arab American histories to bear on conceptualizations of race in the United States, 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 United States? 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 11, 2001, this volume locates September 11 as a turning point, rather than as a beginning, in Arab Americans' |