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

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

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...

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Other Authors: Jamal, Amaney A., 1970-, Naber, Nadine Christine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Arab American writing.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Arab Americans > Race identity.
Arab Americans > Civil rights.
Arab Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Arab Americans > Social conditions > 21st century.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Influence.
Racism > United States.
United States > Race relations.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Figures and tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • 1. Introduction : Arab Americans and U.S. racial formations / Nadine Naber
  • 2. Thinking outside the box : Arabs and race in the United States / Louise Cainkar
  • 3. The moral analogies of race : Arab American identity, color politics, and the limits of racialized citizenship / Andrew Shryock
  • 4. Civil liberties and the otherization of Arab and Muslim Americans / Amaney Jamal
  • 5. "Whiteness" and the Arab immigrant experience / Sawsan Abdulrahim
  • 6. Strange fruit? Syrian immigrants, extralegal violence, and racial formation in the United States / Sarah M.A. Gualtieri
  • 7. Grandmothers, grape leaves, and Kahlil Gibran : writing race in anthologies of Arab American literature / Michelle Hartman
  • 8. The prime-time plight of the Arab Muslim American after 9/11 : configurations of race and nation in TV dramas / Evelyn Alsultany
  • 9. Arab Americans and Muslim Americans in the New York Times, before and after 9/11 / Suad Joseph, Benjamin D'Harlingue, with Alvin Ka Hin Wong
  • 10. "Look, Mohammed the terrorist is coming!" Cultural racism, nation-based racism, and the intersectionality of oppressions after 9/11 / Nadine Naber
  • 11. Discrimination and identity formation in a post-9/11 era : a comparison of Muslim and Christian Arab Americans / Jen'nan Ghazal Read
  • 12. Conclusion : Arab American racialization / Amaney Jamal
  • Works cited
  • Index.

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