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Charlotte Karem Albrecht, "Possible Histories: Arab Americans and the Queer Ecology of Peddling" (U California Press, 2023)

New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies

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Pedaling, Archives, and Arab American History

This chapter explores the significance of pedaling in the early Arab immigrant experience and how it shapes the narrative and politics of race, sexuality, and assimilation in Arab American history. The speaker discusses the role of the archive, their research agenda, and the importance of countering racist and orientalist images of Arabs and Muslims in the US. They also highlight the use of gossip as a method to generate knowledge about queer Arab American histories.

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