Home and the World: Arab American Experiences

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This course plumbs the meanings of home through the lens of diasporic Arab-American experiences with memory, gender and identity, and religions from the early twentieth to the 21st century. Drawing from ethnic studies, sociology, cultural studies, literature, and the arts, we will address the following questions: Is there a contradiction between being Arab or Muslim and being an American? What are Arab-Americans’ racial status in the U.S.? How do Arab Americans resist stereotypes and the racialization of Islam, especially after 9/11? Is there a difference between assimilation and cultural hybridity?