Sajjilu Arab American: A Reader in Swana Studies (Paperback)

Description

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Both a summative description of the field and an exploration of new directions, this multidisciplinary reader addresses issues central to the fields of Arab American, US Muslim, and Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) American studies. Taking a broad conception of the Americas, this collection simultaneously registers and critically reflects upon major themes in the field, including diaspora, migration, empire, race and racialization, securitization, and global South solidarity. The collection will be essential reading for scholars in Arab/SWANA American studies, Asian American studies, and race, ethnicity, and Indigenous studies, now and well into the future.

Contributors include:
Evelyn Alsultany, Carol W. N. Fadda, Hisham D. Aidi, Nadine Naber, Ther Pickens, Steven Salaita, Ella Shohat and Sarah M.A. Gualtieri.

About the Author

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Louise Cainkar is professor of sociology and social welfare and justice at Marquette University. She is the author of Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience after 9/11 and co-editor of Arab American Women: Representation and Refusal. Pauline Homsi Vinson is adjunct professor in English at Diablo Valley College and cofounder of the Arab American Studies Association. Amira Jarmakani is professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies at San Diego State University and author of both An Imperialist Love Story: Desert Romances and the War on Terror and Imagining Arab Womanhood: The Cultural Mythology of Veils, Harems, and Belly Dancers in the U.S.