| Al' America: Travels Through America's Arab and Islamic Roots Contributor(s): Curiel, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1595583521 ISBN-13: 9781595583529 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: From a "San Francisco Chronicle" journalist comes this lively, funny, and revealing look at the little known influence of Arab and Islamic culture on America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Social Science | Minority Studies - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 909.097 |
| LCCN: 2008024217 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.58" W x 8.44" (0.91 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Arabic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Four out of ten Americans say they dislike Muslims, according to a Gallup poll. Muslims, a blogger wrote on the Web site Free Republic, don't belong in America. In a lively, funny, and revealing riposte to these sentiments, journalist Jonathan Curiel offers a fascinating tour through the little-known Islamic past, and present, of American culture. From highbrow to pop, from lighthearted to profound, Al' America reveals the Islamic and Arab influences before our eyes, under our noses, and ringing in our ears. Curiel demonstrates that many of America's most celebrated places--including the Alamo in San Antonio, the French Quarter of New Orleans, and the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina--retain vestiges of Arab and Islamic culture. Likewise, some of America's most recognizable music--the Delta Blues, the surf sounds of Dick Dale, the rock and psychedelia of Jim Morrison and the Doors--is indebted to Arab music. And some of America's leading historical figures, from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Elvis Presley, relied on Arab or Muslim culture for intellectual sustenance. Part travelogue, part cultural history, Al' America confirms a continuous pattern of give-and-take between America and the Arab Muslim world. |