03763nam 2200805 a 450 991083816570332120200520144314.00-8147-8423-20-8147-8327-910.18574/nyu/9780814784235(CKB)2440000000014049(EBL)865924(OCoLC)779828309(SSID)ssj0000481744(PQKBManifestationID)11323384(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000481744(PQKBWorkID)10484964(PQKB)11305635(MiAaPQ)EBC865924(OCoLC)495794668(MdBmJHUP)muse10386(DE-B1597)548021(DE-B1597)9780814784235(EXLCZ)99244000000001404920080627d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhitewashed America's invisible Middle Eastern minority /John Tehranian1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20091 online resource (256 p.)Critical AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-8273-6 0-8147-8306-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-226) and index.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 AuthorMiddle 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, rCritical America.Arab AmericansSocial conditionsIranian AmericansSocial conditionsTurkish AmericansSocial conditionsArab AmericansLegal status, laws, etcIranian AmericansLegal status, laws, etcTurkish AmericansLegal status, laws, etcWhitesRace identityUnited StatesRacismUnited StatesRace discriminationUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsArab AmericansSocial conditions.Iranian AmericansSocial conditions.Turkish AmericansSocial conditions.Arab AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.Iranian AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.Turkish AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.WhitesRace identityRacismRace discrimination305.89/4073Tehranian John1461873MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910838165703321Whitewashed3670715UNINA