Description
Book SynopsisAn exploration into the lives of young Arabs growing up in London which critiques ‘identity’ in favour of race, gender and class.
Trade Review'Provides amazingly rich insights into the lives and experiences of young British Arabs ... makes a very meaningful contribution to our understandings of 'multicultural London' -- Caroline Nagel, University of South Carolina
'Richly ethnographic ... full of insightful examinations of the inner lives and outer practices of the young people it documents and reveals much about the contemporary conditions of Arab youth in London' -- Nicole Berger, CritCom
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Critical Junctures in the Making of Arab London
2. Learning to Be Arab: Growing Up in London
3. Going for Shisha: Doing Ethnicity, Gender and Class
4. Dancing Class: Choreographing Arabness in London
5. Reclaiming the Orient through the Diasporic Gaze
6. Performativity and the Undoing of Identity.
Notes
Bibliography
Index
