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Arab Detroit 9/11 : life in the terror decade / edited by Nabeel Abraham, Sally Howell, and Andrew Shryock.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Abraham, Nabeel.
Howell, Sally.
Shryock, Andrew.
Series:
Great Lakes books.
Great Lakes books
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Arab Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Social conditions--21st century.
Arab Americans.
Arab Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Economic conditions--21st century.
Muslims--Michigan--Detroit--Social conditions--21st century.
Muslims.
Community life--Michigan--Detroit--History--21st century.
Community life.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Influence.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
National characteristics, American--Case studies.
National characteristics, American.
Citizenship--United States--Case studies.
Citizenship.
Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions--21st century.
Detroit (Mich.).
Detroit (Mich.)--Economic conditions--21st century.
Detroit (Mich.)--Ethnic relations--History--21st century.
Physical Description:
vii, 413 p. : ill.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Contributors explore the trauma, unexpected political gains, and moral ambiguities faced by Arab Detroiters in post-9/11 America.
Contents:
Arab Detroit after 9/11: a changing demographic portrait / Kim Schopmeyer
Cracking down on diaspora: Arab Detroit and America's war on terror / Sally Howell and Andrew Shryock
Backlash, part 2: The Federal law enforcement agenda / Sally Howell and Amaney Jamal
Orthodox, Arab, American: the flexibility of Christian Arabness in Detroit / Matthew W. Stiffler
Fighting our own battles: Iraqi Chaldeans and the war on terror / Yasmeen Hanoosh
Muslims as moving targets: external scrutiny and internal critique in Detroit's mosques / Sally Howell
Detroit transnational: the interchange experience in Lebanon and the United States / Kristine J. Ajrouch
My life as a brown person / Mujan Seif
Subject to change / Khadigah Alasry
Going places / Hayan Charara
And then you add the Arab thing / Lawrence Joseph
Domestic foreign policy: Arab Detroit as a special place in the war on terror / William Youmans
The Arab American National Museum: sanctioning Arabness for a post-9/11 America / Rachel Yezbick
Toward electability: public office and the Arab vote / Abdulkader H. Sinno and Eren Tatari
Arabs behaving badly: the limits of containment in a post-9/11 world / Nabeel Abraham
The new order and its forgotten histories / Andrew Shryock, Nabeel Abraham, and Sally Howell.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780814336823
0814336825
OCLC:
777565753

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