Contribution to Book
“Muslim Women in the Diaspora: Shaping Lives and Negotiating Their Marriages”
World of Diasporas: Different Perceptions on the Concept of Diaspora
(2018)
Abstract
This study focuses on two distinctive periods: the 1950s–1980s and 1990s– 2000s. As a point of clarification, I am using the term ‘First Generation’ to apply to immigrants who were born outside the United States, and ‘Second Generation’ for their American-born children. This study utilizes at least 60 interviews conducted during the last six years among Muslim immigrants and their offspring in the greater Milwaukee region. 40 of these interviews are with women of Palestinian descent.1 In addition to scholarly research, community members’ photographs, and focus-group discussion, I use my personal observations as a member of the Arab and Muslim community in Milwaukee.
Keywords
- Arab Americans,
- Muslims,
- women,
- marriage,
- family,
- Identity,
- diaspora,
- immigration,
- gender,
- feminisim,
- intermarriage
Disciplines
Publication Date
December, 2018
Editor
Singh Majhail and Sinan Dogan
Publisher
Brill
Citation Information
Enaya Othman. "“Muslim Women in the Diaspora: Shaping Lives and Negotiating Their Marriages”" LeidenWorld of Diasporas: Different Perceptions on the Concept of Diaspora (2018) p. 111 - 123 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/enaya-othman/3/