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UNINA9910810655803321 |
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Autore |
Salaita Steven <1975-> |
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Titolo |
Arab American literary fictions, cultures, and politics / / Steven Salaita |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36268-9 |
9786611362683 |
0-230-60337-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Collana |
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American literature readings in the 21st century |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - Arab American authors - History and criticism |
Arab Americans in literature |
Authors, Arab - United States |
Novelists, Arab - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-191) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Searching Diversities: Observations of an Arab Ex-Student; 1 Problems of Inclusion: Arab American Studies and Ambiguous States of Being; 2 The Internationalization of the Nation: The Uses of the Lebanese Civil War in Arab American Fiction; 3 Honesty Lost: The Strange Circumstances of Love, Death, and Norma Khouri; 4 Escaping Inadequate Spaces: Anti-Arab Racism and Liberating Fictions; Conclusion: Multicultural and Monocultural Disjunctions; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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N.B. this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title. Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. Using literary and social analysis, this book examines a range of modern Arab American literary fiction and illustrates how socio-political phenomena have affected the development of the Arab American novel. |
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