Ambiguous insiders: An investigation of Arab American invisibility

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-61

  Naber, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab American; Ethnicity; Identity; Islam; Media; Race

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; ISLAMISM; MEDIA ROLE; RACIAL IDENTITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033966899     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014198700329123     Document Type: Article

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