Anthropos: Anthropos, 101.2006+Ind.1906-2005(CD-ROM)

Anthropos, 101.2006+Ind.1906-2005(CD-ROM)

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Titel:: Anthropos

Untertitel:: internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- u. Sprachenkunde

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Verlag:: Ed. St. Paul

Erscheinungsjahr:: 1906

Sammlung:: Zeitschriften und Zeitungen > Zeitschriften zur Ethnologie

Wissensgebiet:: Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie > Allgemeines

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Werks-URN (URL):: https://digi.evifa.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711754

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Persistenter Identifier:: 1510223177592

Titel:: Anthropos, 101.2006+Ind.1906-2005(CD-ROM)

Erscheinungsjahr:: 2006

Signatur:: LA 1118

Sammlung:: Zeitschriften und Zeitungen > Zeitschriften zur Ethnologie

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Titel:: Bd. 101, 2006, Heft 1

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Titel:: The Dynamics of Identity Reconstruction among Arab Communities in the United States

Sonstige Person:: el-Aswad, el-Sayed

Sammlung:: Zeitschriften und Zeitungen > Zeitschriften zur Ethnologie

Anthropos 101.2006: 111-121 The Dynamics of Identity Reconstruction among Arab Communities in the United States el-Sayed el-Aswad Abstract - Theorizing identity in and through diasporic com munities facilitates a rethinking of the relationship between mdividuals and their imagined communities of both their home- ! a nd and new recipient country. This article endeavors to exam- me Arab Americans’ views of identity, mobility, and belonging Specially in the post-9/11 world. These views are examined w hhin the perspectives of both Arab American writers and 0r dinary Arab immigrants of the Detroit metropolitan area. Confronted with diaspora, Arab intellectuals, especially Edward ^ a id, have expressed being tom between their commitment to Universal-human values, their commitment to their new land, a ud their attachment to their homeland. The article analyzes he ir complex positioning and views as compared to the expe- rie nces of ordinary immigrant Arab Muslims and non-Muslims, Particularly Egyptian-Arab immigrants. The study is concerned tTlUc h more with Arab Americans’ lived experience than with abstract structures and processes. [U.S.A., Arab Americans, Entity, ethnicity, migration, diaspora] ^ 'bayed el-Aswad, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Ar- 0r X currently professor of Anthropology at Bahrain Universi- A,’ P, 'ior to this, he held the position of Chair in the Department Sociology at Tanta University in Egypt. He also taught at e United Arab Emirates University where he was founder and ad of the Unit of Anthropological and Folkloric Resources. - e has published widely in both Arabic and English on such Pics as Egyptian cosmology (modem and archaic), applied n tropology, mythology, architecture, and symbolism. - See Kef erences Cited. tity reconstruction. 1 This article examines cultural practices related to migration as ways in which migrants experience change in their views of the world, of themselves, and of other people. For instance, migrants experience profound changes in their conceptual-social orientation as they move from the state of being a “majority” at home to that of being a “minority” or “diaspora.” 2 In another country, giving rise to feelings of bewilderment and alienation (ghuraba) with which they have to cope. The study is based on ethnographic data col lected from twelve case studies representing differ ent and multidimensional experiences of Egyptian Americans living in three metropolitan Detroit, Michigan communities: Dearborn, West Bloom field, and Troy. These case studies reveal some important and comparative theoretical insights that help us understand the core features of multiplici ty, diversity, and plasticity of Arab American iden tity. In addition to library research, in-depth inter views and life histories of family members from delude ^!°bal population movements and transnational ^gration are currently the focus of broad academ- c debates and involve discussion of such issues as ftsnational cultural relations, the renovation of grants’ worldviews, and the dynamics of iden- 1 Anderson 1991; Axel 2004; Clifford 1988; Cohn 1987; Dirlik 1999; el-Aswad 2004; Kaplan 1996; Kearney 1995; Rapport and Dawson 1998; Takaki 1993. 2 Diaspora may be understood here as a globally mobile category of identification as well as something objectively present in the world today with regard to something else in the past - the place of origin (Axel 2004: 28; Clifford 1997). Diaspora can be seen as a way of sustaining connections with more than one place while practicing nonabsolutist forms of citizenship (Clifford 1997; 9).

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