Arab & Arab American Feminisms

by Abdulhadi, Rabab

• ISBN13: 9780815632238
• ISBN10: 0815632231
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-30
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xiii
Arab and Arab American Feminisms: An Introduction	p. xix
Living with/in Empire: Grounded Subjectivities
Beyond Words	p. 3
The Political and Cultural Representations of Arabs, Arab Americans, and Arab American Feminisms after September 11, 2001	p. 10
Palestinian Women's Disappearing Act: The Suicide Bomber Through Western Feminist Eyes	p. 29
Arab Jews, Diasporas, and Multicultural Feminism: An Interview with Ella Shohat	p. 46
In the Belly of the Beast: Struggling for Nonviolent Belonging	p. 60
Decolonizing Culture: Beyond Orientalist and Anti-Orientalist Feminisms	p. 78
Inanna	p. 91
Defying Categories: Thinking and Living Out of the Box
Between the Lines	p. 95
Quandaries of Representation	p. 97
Dyke March, San Francisco, 2004: Many Are Intrigued by the Fact That I Am Also a Belly Dancer	p. 104
The Pity Committee and the Careful Reader: How Not to Buy Stereotypes about Muslim Women	p. 111
History's Traces: Personal Narrative, Diaspora, and the Arab Jewish Experience	p. 124
Activist Communities: Representation, Resistance, and Power
The Burden of Representation: When Palestinians Speak Out	p. 141
Taking Power and Making Power: Resistance, Global Politics, and Institution Building: An Interview	p. 159
Inside Out: Youth of Color Organizing from Multiple Sites: An Interview	p. 166
Arabiya Made Invisible: Between Marginalization of Agency and Silencing of Dissent	p. 174
On Rachel Corrie, Palestine, and Feminist Solidarity	p. 184
Just Peace Seder, Toronto Just Peace Seder Community	p. 203
Dissidents, Displacements, and Diasporas: An Interview	p. 213
On Our Own Terms: Discourses, Politics, and Feminisms
Arab American Feminisms: Mobilizing the Politics of Invisibility	p. 227
Class Equality, Gender Justice, and Living in Harmony with Mother Earth: An Interview	p. 242
Personal and Political: The Dynamics of Arab American Feminism	p. 248
Teaching Scriptural Texts in the Classroom: The Question of Gender	p. 261
The Light in My House	p. 270
Guidelines	p. 274
Reflections of a Genderqueer Palestinian American Lesbian Mother	p. 276
Home and Homelands: Memories, Exile, and Belonging
The Memory of Your Hands Is a Rainbow	p. 283
You Are a 14-Year-Old Arab Chick Who Just Moved to Texas	p. 288
The Long Road Home	p. 292
The Legacy of Exile: An Excerpt	p. 302
Stealth Muslim	p. 307
Where Is Home? Fragmented Lives, Borders Crossings, and the Politics of Exile	p. 315
Notes	p. 331
Bibliography	p. 361
Index	p. 383
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