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.
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field Date
- 1963-1964
- Coverage Date
- 1870s - 1960s
- Coverage Place
- Southend area, Dearborn, Michigan, United States
- 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)
- LCCN
- 74156541
- LCSH
- Arab Americans