UID:
edoccha_9961386162602883
Format:
1 online resource (256 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8147-8423-2
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0-8147-8327-9
Series Statement:
Critical America
Content:
Middle Easterners: Sometimes White, Sometimes Not - an article by John Tehranian. The Middle Eastern question lies at the heart of the most pressing issues of our time: the war in Iraq and on terrorism, the growing tension between preservation of our national security and protection of our civil rights, and the debate over immigration, assimilation, and our national identity. Yet paradoxically, little attention is focused on our domestic Middle Eastern population and its place in American society. Unlike many other racial minorities in our country, Middle Eastern Americans have faced rising, r
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Price of the Ticket; 1 Constructing Caucasians: A Brief History of Whiteness; 2 Performing Whiteness: Law, Dramaturgy, and the Paradox of Middle Eastern Racial Classification; 3 From Friendly Foreigner to Enemy Race: Selective Racialization, Covering, and the Negotiation of Middle Eastern American Identity; 4 The Last Minstrel Show? Middle Easterners in Media; 5 Threat Level Orange: The War on Terrorism and the Assault on Middle Eastern Civil Rights; 6 Lifting the Veil: Thinking about Reform; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8147-8273-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8147-8306-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.18574/nyu/9780814784235
URL:
NYU Press Open Square
