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Article: Culture, Class, and Work among Arab-American Women.(Book Review)
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- Sociology of Religion
- Article date:
- December 22, 2005
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Culture, Class, and Work among Arab-American Women, by JEN'NAN GHAZAL READ. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2004, 158 pp., $55.00 USD (cloth).
Arab-American women are stereotyped in the United States to be oppressed, undervalued, and generally submissive. In addition, the pan-ethnic category of Arab is erroneously equated with the religion of Islam. These perceptions have become more prevalent in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, when extremists from the Muslim world attacked U.S. soil. Culture, Class, and Work among Arab-American Women, by Jen'nan Ghazal Read presents a critical view of Arab-American women by directly taking on these persistent ...