الفهرس 
Ethniic Studiies:: Oriigiin and Devellopment
Criticism of Ethnic StudiesOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The present dissertation sets out to explore how ethnicity informs the criticism of Arab American literature. Ethnic studies aims at dismantling hegemonic structures that marginalize ethnic people based on a set of racial presumptions. Central to ethnic studies is the principle of ethnic assertion. In the case of Arab Americans, ethnic assertion has been a process of ongoing negotiation between two virtually distinct cultures. The outcome is a hybrid and diasporic identity which transcends .