Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream (Great Lakes Books Series)
by Abraham, Nabeel; Shryock, Andrew - Editors
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0814328121
- ISBN 13
- 9780814328125
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About This Item
Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 2000. Second Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. Pilon, Elizabeth - Cover. 629 Pages Indexed. Covers show very minor wear and less than a dozen pages have small corner creases. Apppears well cared for and read through once. Metropolitan Detroit is home to one of the largest, most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East, yet the complex world Arabic-speaking immigrants have created there is barely visible on the landscape of ethnic America. In this volume, the authors bring together the work of twenty-five contributors to create a richly detailed portrait of Arab Detroit. The book goes behind the bulletproof glass in Iraqi Chaldean liquor stores. It explores the role of women in a Sunni mosque and the place of nationalist politics in a Coptic church. It follows the careers of wedding singers, Arabic calligraphers, Restaurant owners, and pastry chefs. It examines the agendas of Shia Muslim activists and Washington-based lobbyists and looks at the intimate politics of marriage, family honor, and adolescent rebellion. Memoirs and poems by Lebanese, Chaldean, Yemeni, and Palestinian writers anchor the book in personal experience, while over fifty photographs provide a backdrop of vivid, often unexpected, images. In their efforts to represent an ethnic/immigrant community that is flourishing on the margins of pluralist discourse, the contributors to this book break new ground in the study of identity politics, transnationalism, and diaspora cultures.
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- Bookseller
- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18345
- Title
- Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream (Great Lakes Books Series)
- Author
- Abraham, Nabeel; Shryock, Andrew - Editors
- Illustrator
- Pilon, Elizabeth - Cover
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0814328121
- ISBN 13
- 9780814328125
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Place of Publication
- Detroit, Michigan
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 6" x 9
- Keywords
- ARAB AMERICANS MICHIGAN DETROIT SOCIAL CONDITIONS ETHNIC IDENTITY BIOGRAHY
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