Arabs in the Americas : interdisciplinary essays on the Arab diaspora /
Arabs in the Americas : interdisciplinary essays on the Arab diaspora /
edited by Darcy A. Zabel.
- New York : Peter Lang, c2006.
- viii, 236 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: The Arab diaspora in the Americas, Latin America, the United States, and Canada / Darcy A. Zabel -- pt. 1. Arriving in the Americas -- The passage from west to south : Arabs between the Old and New World / Carol Fadda-Conrey -- Margins of memory on the Rua 25 de Marco : constructing the Syrian-Lebanese past in Sao Paulo, Brazil / John Tofik Karam -- The Syrian world in the New World : the contextual beginnings of Arab American literature and the part it played in identity formation / Hani Ismaeal Elayyan -- pt. 2. The experience of the Americas -- Multiple identities : Lebanese Arab Christians in the American West / Kirk Scott -- Stereotypes, popular culture, and school curriculum : how Arab American Muslim high school students perceive and cope with being the "other" / Nader Ayish -- Arabs in Honduras : immigration, integration, and the Palestinian presence / Sharon Lopez and Katharine Speer -- pt. 3. Assessing the Americas -- Gazing east from the Americas : assessing the cultural significance of Arab American literature / Steven Salaita -- Belly dancing for liberation : a critical interpretation of reclamation rhetoric in the American belly dance community / Amira Jarmakani -- Not just Disney : destructive stereotypes of Arabs in children's literature / Carolyn Speer Schmidt -- pt. 4. After 9/11 -- Arab, Canadian, Muslim? : a question of identity / Omar Alghabar -- Apologies and amnesias : remembering and responding after 9/11 / Deirdre King Hainsworth -- Being Arab : growing up Canadian / Rula Sharkawi.
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2006022704
Arabs--History.--America
Arabs--Migrations--History.
Arabs--Social conditions.--America
Arabs--Intellectual life.--America
Ethnicity--America.
Stereotype (Psychology)--America.
Arabes--Historia.--América
Arabes--Migraciones--Historia.
Arabes--America--Condiciones Sociales.
Arabes--La vida intelectual.--America
American literature--Arab American authors--History and criticism.
America--Ethnic relations.
America--Intellectual life.
403 DS 223 / A658 2006
305.892
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: The Arab diaspora in the Americas, Latin America, the United States, and Canada / Darcy A. Zabel -- pt. 1. Arriving in the Americas -- The passage from west to south : Arabs between the Old and New World / Carol Fadda-Conrey -- Margins of memory on the Rua 25 de Marco : constructing the Syrian-Lebanese past in Sao Paulo, Brazil / John Tofik Karam -- The Syrian world in the New World : the contextual beginnings of Arab American literature and the part it played in identity formation / Hani Ismaeal Elayyan -- pt. 2. The experience of the Americas -- Multiple identities : Lebanese Arab Christians in the American West / Kirk Scott -- Stereotypes, popular culture, and school curriculum : how Arab American Muslim high school students perceive and cope with being the "other" / Nader Ayish -- Arabs in Honduras : immigration, integration, and the Palestinian presence / Sharon Lopez and Katharine Speer -- pt. 3. Assessing the Americas -- Gazing east from the Americas : assessing the cultural significance of Arab American literature / Steven Salaita -- Belly dancing for liberation : a critical interpretation of reclamation rhetoric in the American belly dance community / Amira Jarmakani -- Not just Disney : destructive stereotypes of Arabs in children's literature / Carolyn Speer Schmidt -- pt. 4. After 9/11 -- Arab, Canadian, Muslim? : a question of identity / Omar Alghabar -- Apologies and amnesias : remembering and responding after 9/11 / Deirdre King Hainsworth -- Being Arab : growing up Canadian / Rula Sharkawi.
0820481114 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780820481111 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006022704
Arabs--History.--America
Arabs--Migrations--History.
Arabs--Social conditions.--America
Arabs--Intellectual life.--America
Ethnicity--America.
Stereotype (Psychology)--America.
Arabes--Historia.--América
Arabes--Migraciones--Historia.
Arabes--America--Condiciones Sociales.
Arabes--La vida intelectual.--America
American literature--Arab American authors--History and criticism.
America--Ethnic relations.
America--Intellectual life.
403 DS 223 / A658 2006
305.892