Arab American women : representation and refusal /

"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"--

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Other Authors: Suleiman, Michael W. (Editor), Joseph, Suad (Editor), Cainkar, Louise (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Critical Arab American studies.
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Table of 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-World War II / 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 Ottoman-Era 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.