Race and Arab Americans before and after 9/11 : from invisible citizens to visible subjects

The Resource Race and Arab Americans before and after 9/11 : from invisible citizens to visible subjects
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Race and Arab Americans before and after 9/11 : from invisible citizens to visible subjects
Title remainder
from invisible citizens to visible subjects
Statement of responsibility
edited by Amaney Jamal and Nadine Naber
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Bringing the rich terrain of Arab American histories to bear on conceptualizations of race in the U.S., 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 U.S.? 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 11th, 2001, this volume locates September 11 as a turning point, rather than a beginning, in Arab Americans' diverse engagements with "race."--Provided by publisher
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Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
305.8992/7073
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
E184.A65
LC item number
R33 2008
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Arab American writing
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