Full Description
Arab American Women, Identity, and Intersectionality extends postcolonial feminist theory to include intersectionally marginalized bodies in the classroom and in social science discourse. In a climate where the Arab, Muslim, woman's identity is both policed and politicized, Shakeir examines the ways in which Arab American Muslim women navigate the public space, from the university to their professional lives. Authenticity, self-policing, and performance are all examined intergenerationally, to reflect on the survivance of the Arab identity across both decades and oceans. The book acts equally as a methodological and instructional guide for students and theorists, and also uses first-person testimonials and stories from Arab American Muslim women for anyone willing to expand their perspective.
Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: Give Umm Kulthum and Reflexive Embodiment
Chapter 1: Umm Kulthum: Celebrating our Ancestry
Chapter 2: Arab American Women, Identity, and Intersectionality in the Public Space
Chapter 3: Making Theory Home: Arab Muslim Women in Exile
Chapter 4: Umm Kulthumism: storying the gaps of our existence
Chapter 5: Soulprints
Chapter 6: Community-led research
Chapter 7: Authenticity and Performativity
Chapter 8: Representation as Labor
Chapter 9: Self-Policed Identities
Chapter 10: The Public Space as Exclusionary Socialization
Chapter 11: Resilience in the Public Space
Chapter 12: Where there is Power there is Resistance
Afterward by the Contributors
About the Editors and Contributors
