Book
An Islamic-Lebanese community in U.S.A.: a study in cultural anthropology
Beirut Arab University • [beirut] • Published In 1971 • Pages:
By: Waṣfi, Āṭif Amīn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this monograph Wasfi presents an ethnographic study of a Lebanese-Muslim community in the southend area of Dearborn, Michigan. Although a wide range of cultural data on this community are presented in the text -- as for example on migration history, communication, economy, education, family and kinship, politics, religion, recreation, the life cycle, etc. -- the major focus of the work is on cultural contact between two different societies (Muslim and American).'This contact has resulted in several processes of acculturation, cultural and social conflicts and assimilation. The community members live as Arabs and as Americans. How they have handled this cultural duality is the theme of the study' (p. 125).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Speech
- Religious and educational structures
- Settlement patterns
- Ethnic stratification
- Congregations
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- 1963-1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1870s - 1960s
- 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
- Atif A. Wasfi
- categories Cultural Participation (184) and Age Stratification (561) used for cultural differences between parental or first generation immigrants (called Group A), and their children (called Group B)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 126)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74156541
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans