Picturing women, class, and community in Arab Detroit
The strange case of Eva Habib
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2163080 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sally Howell (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2-4 |
| Pages | 209-225 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-9468 • E-ISSN: 1545-5920 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08949468.1998.9966731 |
| OpenAlex | W2042391041 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
This essay explores the on‐going struggle to reveal and conceal the image of Eva Habib, an Arab American woman who worked in a Detroit factory and was photographed in her coveralls circa 1925. Eva's image has been a source of controversy in Detroit's Arab community since it first became public in the 1980s. I chart the evolution of this controversy, examine the interests of the parties involved, and draw conclusions about how this controversial image simultaneously undermines and reinforces popular notions of women, work, and class among Arab Americans
Art history · Chart · Class (philosophy · Class conflict · Factory (object-oriented programming · Photo-essay · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |