Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, and Belonging

by Nadine Naber

Book Overview

In this collection, Arab and Arab American feminists enlist their intimate experiences to challenge simplistic and long-held assumptions about gender, sexuality, and commitments to feminism and justice-centered struggles among Arab communities. Contributors hail from multiple geo-graphical sites, spiritualities, occupations, sexualities, class backgrounds, and generations. Poets, creative writers, artists, scholars, and activists employ a mix of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815632231
• ISBN13: 9780815632238
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"