Modern Arab American fiction [[electronic resource] ] : a reader's guide / / Steven Salaita

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781602903321
• Autore: Salaita Steven <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Syracuse, N.Y., : Syracuse University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 0-8156-5104-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (165 p.)
• Collana: Arab American writing
• Disciplina: 813/.54098927
• Soggetti: American fiction - Arab American authors - History and criticism; American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Arab Americans in literature; Arabs in literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Uses of the Lebanese Civil War in Arab American fiction: Etel Adnan, Rawi Hage, Patricia Sarrafian Ward -- Exploring Islam(s) in America: Mohja Kahf -- Sex, violence, and storytelling: Rabih Alameddine -- The eternity of immigration: Arab American short story collections (Joseph Geha, Frances Khirallah Noble, Evelyn Shakir, Susan Muaddi Darraj) -- Promised lands and unfulfilled promises: Laila Halaby -- Crescent moons, jazz music, and feral ethnicity: Diana Abu-Jaber -- From the Maghreb to the American mainstream: writers of North African origin (Anouar Majid, Laila Lalami, Samia Serageldin) -- Potpourri: Alicia Erian, Randa Jarrar, Susan Abulhawa.