In this thesis, I focus on the early from 1870 to 1940. I confirm that they did try to preserve their ethnic identity through language by applying Benedict Anderson's theory "imagined communities." In the first chapter, I explain the first encounters between the American and the Arab cultures and the influences of the Protestant missionaries in the Arab countries. In the second chapter, I discuss the issue of Arab-American literature and how it reflected the experiences and turmoil of the early Arab immigrants. In the third chapter I apply Andersons' concept of "imagined communities" to the Arab-American ethnicity. / A Thesis submitted to the department of English in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. / Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2003. / Date of Defense: May 23, 2003. / Early Arab-American experience / Includes bibliographical references. / Robin Goodman, Professor Directing Thesis; Christopher Shinn, Committee Member; Daniel Vitkus, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168046 |
| Contributors | Al-Issa, Fadi Ahmad (authoraut), Goodman, Robin (professor directing thesis), Shinn, Christopher (committee member), Vitkus, Daniel (committee member), Department of English (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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