Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

28 p.

Publication Date

2005

Publisher

University of California Press

Source Publication

Amerasia Journal

Source ISSN

0044-7471

Abstract

In this essay, we further explore the responses of Arab and South Asian Muslim communities to the War on Terror, and ask whether these responses reveal alliance-building and pan-ethnic identification. Do the targeted groups, now portrayed as monolithic, find solidarity with each other, and if so, what are the bases for their sense of affinity. These questions force us to consider the deeper issues of pan-ethnic and political affiliation that highlight quandaries at the core of Asian American studies: how does a pan-ethnic approach challenge or support the racial and cultural categories used by state and empire to subordinate and divide populations?

Comments

Published version. Amerasia Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3 (2005): 1-28. Publisher link. © 2005 University of California Press. Used with permission.

Louise Cainkar was affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago at time of publication.

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