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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810655803321

Autore

Salaita Steven <1975->

Titolo

Arab American literary fictions, cultures, and politics / / Steven Salaita

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007

ISBN

1-281-36268-9

9786611362683

0-230-60337-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

American literature readings in the 21st century

Disciplina

813.0098927073

Soggetti

American literature - Arab American authors - History and criticism

Arab Americans in literature

Authors, Arab - United States

Novelists, Arab - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.