Culture, class, and work among Arab-American women / Jenn̓an Ghazal Read.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-150) and index.

1. Introduction -- Statement of the Problem -- Origins of Diversity: Arab-American Immigration -- Research Objectives -- Organization of the Study -- 2. Theoretical Significance of Women's Labor Force Participation -- Structural and Cultural Explanations of Ethnic Diversity -- The Evolution of Ethnic and Gender Studies: Recognizing Intraethnic Diversity -- Summary -- 3. The Case for Arab Americans -- Determinants of Arab-American Women's Labor Force Activity -- Hypotheses -- Data and Methods -- 4. Arab-American Women in Comparative Perspective -- U.S. Census Data -- Arab-American Survey Data -- Immigrant Selectivity and Arab-American Women's Success -- Cultural and Class Diversity -- The Impact of Nativity: Variations in Cultural Assimilation -- Challenging Myths of U.S. Muslim Women -- Portrait of an Achieving Ethnic Population -- 5. Determinants of Arab-American Women's Economic Achievements -- Ties that Bind: Ethnic Homogamy, Religiosity, and Women's Employment -- Cultural Influences on Labor Force Commitment -- Gender Traditionalism's Cultural Underpinnings -- Education, Occupation, and Women's Earnings -- Summary -- 6. Conclusion -- Women's Achievements and the Universal Sisterhood -- The Gendered Consequences of Culture -- Summary and Future Research.