Panethnic Mobilization among Arab Americans in Detroit during the Post-9/11 Era: A Photo Elicitation Study

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Abstract

This article uses photoelicitation interviews to explore Arab Americans’ reactions to a collection of photographs documenting ethnic community events in Detroit. Its goal is to gain insight into processes of identity construction that have occurred since 9-11-2001. Drawing on fieldwork and a review of journalistic and scholarly literature, the paper examines connections to panethnic identity in respondents’ views of local geography, communal diversity, simultaneous involvement in US and Arab culture, and understandings of racism.

Author

• Steven J. Gold, Michigan State University