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008 061023s2007 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2006035337
020 $a0815608810 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780815608813 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)OCM75087940
035 $a(OCoLC)75087940
035 $a(NNC)6098544
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPS3619.H3532$bR46 2007
082 00 $a813/.6$222
100 1 $aShakir, Evelyn,$d1938-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96110945
245 10 $aRemember me to Lebanon :$bstories of Lebanese women in America /$cEvelyn Shakir.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSyracuse, N.Y. :$bSyracuse University Press,$c2007.
300 $axii, 165 pages ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aArab American writing
505 00 $tThe story of Young Ali -- $tOh, Lebanon -- $tRemember Vaughn Monroe? -- $tPower play -- $tName calling -- $tNot like today -- $tThe trial -- $tHouse calls -- $tI got my eye on you -- $tLet's dance.
520 1 $a"Evelyn Shakir paints tales that are rich in history and cultural detail, setting her stories in different eras, from the 1960s to the present and carrying us back, on occasion, to the turn of the twentieth century." "Each of Shakir's first- and second-generation women works in her own way to reclaim her Lebanese heritage - or to escape it and the gender roles it represents. In The Story of Young Ali a teenage girl resists her beloved father's traditional tales of honor and self sacrifice. In Name Calling, a young matron, defying her husband's insistence on conformity, aspires to be a flower child. The matriarch of House Calls, on the other hand, is so wedded to the past that she returns from the grave to harangue her Americanized family. Political turmoil sets the stage for two stories. In Oh, Lebanon, a young woman who has fled Lebanon's civil war and refuses to cover her hair with a scarf finds that turning her back on her past leads her in unexpected directions. And, in the wake of 9/11, the non-Lebanese protagonist of I Got My Eye on You makes a career of spying on her Muslim neighbors." "Shakir offers multiple perspectives on the experience of Lebanese women in the United States. Her stories dismantle stereotype and remind us that women of Lebanese background have been a part of the American narrative for over a century."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aLebanese American women$vFiction.
650 0 $aLebanese Americans$vFiction.
830 0 $aArab American writing.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00038225
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006035337.html
852 00 $bglx$hPS3619.H3532$iR46 2007