ANTH 23 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Yom Kippur War, Arab Nationalism, Anglicisation
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Anth 23 lecture 9 arab and muslim stereotypes. Religious sense of identity, us society structured by racial identities. Post-1945: new immigrants have arab nationalism, inspire growth of arab identity: muslims, women, refugees. Post-1965: more professional and geographically diverse, more politically and culturally tied to homeland: media turns again beginning with 1967 arab-israeli war. Negative arab stereotypes: pan-arab identity and organizations grow with marginalization, assimilation no longer the norm. All portrayed as muslims, muslims are arabs. Early 20th century: decadent indulgent turk/arab, scantily clad harem women. Brief history of the us involvement with arab countries. 1949: cia supported coup in elected syrian government. 1953-1954: cia supports coup putting shah in charge of iran, privatizing oil. 1967: us backs israel in 6 days war. 1973: us supports israel in yom kippur war, arab nations respond with oil embargo. 1991: us invades iraq in defense of kuwait.
