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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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Queer Arab American History and the Labor of Peddling

This chapter delves into the intersection of queer Arab American history and the labor of peddling, exploring how gender and sexuality played a role in the racialization of Arab Americans. It discusses the centrality of sexuality in understanding early Arab racialization in the US, focusing on the figure of the Syrian peddler and their encounters with non-Arab Americans as customers. The chapter also examines the increased economic autonomy of women through peddling and its implications for gender and sexuality in the United States.

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