Manifold Destiny Arabs at an American Crossroads of Exceptional Rule

• Hoofdauteur: Karam, John Tofik (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Vanderbilt University Press 2021
• Onderwerpen: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Migration, immigration & emigration; Urban communities; Anthropology; Sociology; Urban Studies
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At the border where Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina meet under the scrutiny of the US and Mercosur (the large South American trade bloc), Arabs have long fulfilled what author John Tofik Karam calls a "manifold destiny." Karam casts Lebanese, Palestinians, and Syrians at this American bord...