essay
The Southend: an Arab working-class community
Arabs in the New World : studies on Arab-American communities • Detroit, Mich. • Published In 1983 • Pages: 163-184
By: Abraham, Sameer Y., Abraham, Nabeel, Aswad, Barbara C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The area of Dearborn, Michigan known as Southend, is home to the oldest and most highly concentrated population of Arab-Muslims in North America. This paper profiles this community, its function as an 'immigrant reception area', and the working class status of its residents. The two key social institutions in the community are the mosque and coffeehouse which are examined in detail in this article because of their distinctive cultural origins. The document concludes with an analysis of Arab nationalism, which plays such a central role in the life of the community (p. 164).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural identity and pride
- Drinking establishments
- Religious and educational structures
- Settlement patterns
- Classes
- Community structure
- Religious denominations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Arab Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1960s - 1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Southend area, Dearborn, Michigan, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Sameer Y. Abraham, Nabeel Abraham, and Barbara Aswad
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-184)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83001401
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans