essay
Yemeni and Lebanese Muslim immigrant women in southeast Dearborn, Michigan
muslim families in north america • Edmonton, Alta., Canada • Published In 1991 • Pages: 256-281, 333-357
By: Aswad, Barbara C..
Abstract
Aswad examines the changing roles and different experiences of Arab-American women based on interviews with twenty Yemeni and twenty Lebanese, Muslim immigrant women in Dearborn, Michigan. The change has been both good and bad. On the one hand women miss the larger kin networks of home, on the other hand, they value their freedom from their husbands' kin and mothers-in-law. In America, women have less of a role to play outside the home, which is not only boring for them, but also undermines their authority in the home. Women lose control of their children, who acculturate and assimilate more quickly, and they are blamed by their husbands for their children's apparent rebellious behavior. This among other factors, such as the economic recession and massive layoffs in the automobile industry, took its toll on the family.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 1998
- Field Date
- 1983-1984
- Coverage Date
- 1920-1984
- Coverage Place
- Dearborn, Michigan, United States
- Notes
- Barbara C. Aswad
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-357)
- LCCN
- 92129976
- LCSH
- Arab Americans