Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S.
Winner of the 2008 National Women's Studies Association Gloria Anzaldúa prize!“An interdisciplinary analysis par excellence, this book makes for engrossing reading and provides an understanding and much needed contribution to women’s studies, ethnic studies, American cultural studies, and political studies, as well as Arab American studies.”–Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies"This is an outstanding, truly innovative, and very timely project that explores predominant images of Arab women in U.S. popular culture."--Nadine Naber, Program in American Culture and Department of Women's Studies, University of Michigan