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Becoming Arab in London : performativity and the undoing of identity / Ramy M.K. Aly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aly, Ramy M. K., author.
- Series:
- Anthropology, culture, and society.
- Anthropology, Culture and Society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Culture diffusion.
- Arabs--England--London.
- Arabs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Pluto Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An exploration into the lives of young Arabs growing up in London which critiques 'identity' in favour of race, gender and class.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Series Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Critical Junctures in the Making of Arab London
- 2. Learning to be Arab: Growing Up in London
- 3. Going for Shisha: Doing Ethnicity, Gender and Class
- 4. Dancing Class: Choreographing Arabness in London
- 5. Reclaiming the Orient Through the Diasporic Gaze
- 6. Performativity and the Undoing of Identity
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 16, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9781783711574
- 1783711574
- 9781783711567
- 1783711566
- OCLC:
- 904547986
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