Arab American women : representation and refusal / edited by Michael W. Suleiman, Suad Joseph, Louise Cainkar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Joseph, Suad, editor.

Suleiman, Michael W., editor.

Cainkar, Louise, editor.

Series:

Critical Arab American studies.

Critical Arab American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--United States.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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-WWII / 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 OttomanEra 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8156-3709-8

OCLC:

1204264621