All American Yemeni Girls : Being Muslim in a Public School.
Title:
All American Yemeni Girls : Being Muslim in a Public School.
Author:
Sarroub, Loukia K.
ISBN:
9780812290233
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (167 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Being American, Being Yemeni: Uncovering a Predicament -- 2. American Sojourners Between Honor and Shame -- 3. Classroom as Oasis -- 4. Islam and Conflicting Visions of Literacy -- 5. The Tensions Teachers Face: Public Education and Islam -- 6. From Aspiration to Desperation and Living in Ambiguity -- 7. Living Ethnography: Reflections on Dearborn Before and After September 11 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
How Yemeni girls reconcile their religious culture with their experiences in an American high school.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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