US Census Classifications and Arab Americans: Contestations and Definitions of Identity Markers

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1299-1318

  Kayyali, Randa ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab American; Census; Identity; Middle Eastern; Multiculturalism; Race

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; CENSUS; ETHNICITY; MULTICULTURALISM; NATIONAL IDENTITY; RACIAL IDENTITY;

MIDDLE EAST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882236694     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.778150     Document Type: Article

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