Research Catalog

Title

Arab & Arab American feminisms : gender, violence, & belonging / edited by Rabab Abdulhadi, Evelyn Alsultany, and Nadine Naber.

Publication

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Abdulhadi, Rabab.
• Alsultany, Evelyn.
• Naber, Nadine Christine.

Description

xxxix, 389 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Gender, culture & politics in the Middle East

Uniform Title

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.

Alternative Title

Arab and Arab American feminisms

Subjects

• Feminist theory
• Women, Arab > Social conditions
• Arab American women > Social conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Beyond words / Suheir Hammad -- The political and cultural representations of Arabs, Arab Americans, and Arab American feminisms after September 11, 2001 / Mervat F. Hatem -- Palestinian women's disappearing act: the suicide bomber through western feminist eyes / Amal Amireh -- Arab Jews, diasporas, and multicultural feminism: an interview with Ella Shohat / Evelyn Alsultany -- In the belly of the beast: struggling for nonviolent belonging / Zeina Zaatari -- Decolonizing culture: beyond Orientalist and anti-Orientalist feminisms / Nadine Naber -- Inanna / Dunya Mikhail ; translated from the Arabic by Elizabeth Winslow -- Between the lines / Youmna Chlala -- Quandaries of representation / Mona El-Ghobashy -- Dyke March, San Francisco, 2004: many are intrigued by the fact that I am also a belly dancer / Happy, L.A. Hyder -- The pity committee and the careful reader: how not to buy stereotypes about Muslim women / Mohja Kahf -- History's traces: personal narrative, diaspora, and the Arab Jewish experience / Kyla Wazana Tompkins -- The burden of representation: when Palestinians speak out / Nada Elia -- Taking power and making power: resistance, global politics, and institution building: an interview with Anan Ameri / Nadine Naber -- Inside out: youth of color organizing from multiple sites: an interview with Janaan Attia / Nadine Naber -- Arabiya made invisible: between marginalization of agency and silencing of dissent / Noura Erakat -- On Rachel Corrie, Palestine, and feminist solidarity / Therese Saliba -- Just peace Seder / Toronto Just Peace Seder Community -- Dissidents, displacements, and diasporas: an interview with Dena Al-Adeeb / Nadine Naber -- Arab American feminisms: mobilizing the politics of invisibility / Amira Jarmakani -- Class equality, gender justice and living in harmony with Mother Earth: an interview with Joe Kadi / Nadine Naber -- Personal and political: the dynamics of Arab American feminism / Susan Muaddi Darraj -- Teaching scriptural texts in the classroom: the question of gender / Moutouk Berry -- The light in my house / Imani Yatouma -- Guidelines / Lisa Suhair Majaj -- Reflections of a genderqueer Palestinian American lesbian mother / Huda Jadallah -- The memory of your hands is a rainbow / Amal Hassan Fadlalla -- You are a 14-year-old Arab chick who just moved to Texas / Randa Jarrar -- The long road home / Sherene Seikaly -- The legacy of exile: an excerpt / Emanne Bayoumi -- Stealth Muslim / Evelyn Alsultany -- Where is home? Fragmented lives, borders crossings, and the politics of exile / Rabab Abdulhadi.

Call Number

JFE 12-686

ISBN

• 9780815632238 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0815632231 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2010051388

OCLC

YBP 2010051388

Title

Arab & Arab American feminisms : gender, violence, & belonging / edited by Rabab Abdulhadi, Evelyn Alsultany, and Nadine Naber.

Imprint

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2011.

Edition

1st ed.

Series

Gender, culture & politics in the Middle East

Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Abdulhadi, Rabab.

Alsultany, Evelyn.

Naber, Nadine Christine.

Research Call Number

JFE 12-686