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Arab America :

(Number (ISBN

081475886X

(Number (ISBN

0814758878

(Number (ISBN

9780814758861

(Number (ISBN

9780814758878

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Arab America :

General Material Designation

[Book]

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gender, cultural politics, and activism /

First Statement of Responsibility

Nadine Naber

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x, 310 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Series Title

Nation of newcomers : immigrant history as American history

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Introduction : articulating arabness -- From model minority to problem minority -- The politics of cultural authenticity -- Muslim first, Arab second -- Dirty laundry -- Diasporic feminist anti-imperialism -- Conclusion : toward a diasporic feminist critique

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"Arab Americans are one of the most misunderstood segments of the U.S. population, especially after the events of 9/11. In Arab America, Nadine Naber tells the stories of second generation Arab American young adults living in the San Francisco Bay Area, most of whom are political activists engaged in two culturalist movements that draw on the conditions of diaspora, a Muslim global justice and a Leftist Arab movement. Writing from a transnational feminist perspective, Naber reveals the complex and at times contradictory cultural and political processes through which Arabness is forged in the contemporary United States, and explores the apparently intra-communal cultural concepts of religion, family, gender, and sexuality as the battleground on which Arab American young adults and the looming world of America all wrangle. As this struggle continues, these young adults reject Orientalist thought, producing counter-narratives that open up new possibilities for transcending the limitations of Orientalist, imperialist, and conventional nationalist articulations of self, possibilities that ground concepts of religion, family, gender, and sexuality in some of the most urgent issues of our times: immigration politics, racial justice struggles, and U.S. militarism and war."--Publisher's description

Arab American women-- Social conditions

Arab Americans-- Ethnic identity

Arab Americans-- Politics and government

Arab Americans-- Social conditions

Feminist theory

Sex role-- United States

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Edition

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Naber, Nadine Christine

Date of Transaction

20130115000000.0

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[Book]

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