内容

目次

Preface Introduction: The Arab American Immigrant Experience MichaelW. Suleiman Part I: Profiles of Specific Communities 1. Attachment andIdentity: The Palestinian Community of Detroit May Seikaly 2. JordanianMigrants in Texas and Ohio: The Quest for Education and Work in A GlobalSociety Richard T. Antoun 3. A Look at Differing Ideologies among Shi'aMuslims in the United States Linda S. Walbridge Part II: Arabs and theAmerican Legal System 4. Arabs and the American Legal System: Cultural andPolitical Ramifications Fatima Agha Al-Hayani 5. A Closer Look atAnti-Terrorism Law: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee v. Reno andthe Construction of Aliens' Rights Kathleen M. Moore 6. Legal Perspectiveson Arabs and Muslims in U.S. Courts Mohamed Mattar Part III: Youth and theFamily 7. Teens-Between: The Public and Private Spheres of Arab-CanadianAdolescents Sharon McIrvin Abu-Laban and Baha Abu-Laban 8. Family andEthnic Identity in an Arab-American Community Kristine Ajrouch 9.Arab-Canadian Youth in Immigrant Family Life Baha Abu-Laban and SharonMcIrvin Abu-Laban Part IV: Health and Welfare Issues 10. Arab-AmericanHealth and the Process of Coming to America: Lessons from the MetropolitanDetroit Area Rosina Hassoun 11. Attitudes of Arab Immigrants TowardWelfare Barbara S. Aswad 12. The Deteriorating Ethnic Safety Net AmongArab Immigrants in Chicago Louise Cainkar Part V: Political Activism 13.Not Quite White: Race Classification and the Arab-American Experience HelenHatab Samhan 14. Debating Palestine: Arab-American Challenges to Zionism,1917-1932 Lawrence Davidson 15. Community and Political Activism AmongArab Americans in Detroit Janice J. Terry Part VI: Arab-American IdentityNegotiations 16. Against the Grain of the Nation The Arab Suad Joseph 17.Far-Off and Fascinating Things: Wadeeha Atiyeh and Images of Arabs in theAmerican Popular Theater, 1930 - 1950 Lori Anne Salem 18. Arabs inCanada: Assimilation or Integration? Ibrahim Hayani 19. ResistingInvisibility: Arab-Americans in Academia and Activism Therese Saliba 20.Arab-American Ethnicity: Location, Coalitions, and Cultural NegotiationsLisa Suhair Majaj About the Contributors Index