Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11
Subtitle: From Invisible Citizens to Visible Subjects (Arab American Writing)
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: November 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780815631774
Subjects: Black studies; Racism & racial discrimination; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; 21st century; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; USA; Discrimination & Racism; Ethnic Studies - General; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; 20th century; Arab Americans; Civil rights; Race identity; Social conditions
Description: Bringing the rich terrain of Arab American histories to bear on conceptualizations of race in the U.S., this groundbreaking volume fills a critical gap in the field of U.S. racial and ethnic studies. The articles collected here highlight emergent discourses on the distinct ways that race matters to the study of Arab American histories and experiences and asks essential questions. What is the relationship between U.S. imperialism in Arab homelands and anti-Arab racism in the U.S.? In what ways have the axes of nation, religion, class, and gender intersected with Arab American racial formations? What is the significance of whiteness studies to Arab American studies? Transcending multiculturalist discourses that have simply "added on" the category "Arab American" to the landscape of U.S. racial and ethnic studies after the attacks of September 11th, 2001, this volume locates September 11 as a turning point, rather than a beginning, in Arab Americans' diverse engagements with "race."--provided by publisher.