Becoming Arab in London - Performativity and the Undoing of Identity

Looks critically at the idea of 'Arab-ness' and the ways in which ethnic subjects are produced, signified and recited in London.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Arab London 3. Learning to be Arab: Growing up in London 4. Going for Shisha: performative space 5. Dancing 'class,' 'gender' and 'ethnicity' 6. Reclaiming the Orient through the diasporic gaze 7. Conclusion

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ramy M. K. Aly is Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at the American University in Cairo. He is the author of Becoming Arab in London (Pluto, 2015).

Zusammenfassung

An exploration into the lives of young Arabs growing up in London which critiques 'identity' in favour of race, gender and class.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ramy M. K Aly, Ramy M. K. Aly
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.02.2015
• EAN: 9780745333595
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3359-5
• Seiten: 248
• Serien: Anthropology, Culture and Society; Anthropology, Culture and Soci; Anthropology, Culture and Society
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; London, Greater London, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Migration, immigration & emigration, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Urban communities, Relating to British Asian people, Black & Asian Studies, For higher / tertiary / university education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General