Conclusion: Alixa Naff and the Parenthetical Syrian American Lesbian

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Note on Terms and Translations xix
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Traveler, Peddler, Stranger, Syrian: Queer Provocations and Sexual Threats 24
9. 2 “A Woman without Limits” Syrian Women in the Peddling Economy 55
10. 3 Wandering in Diaspora: The Syrian American Elite and Sexual Normativity 81
11. 4 The Possibilities of Peddling: Imagining Homosocial and Homoerotic Pleasure in Arab America 102
12. Conclusion: Alixa Naff and the Parenthetical Syrian American Lesbian 136
13. Notes 141
14. Bibliography 159
15. Index 171