03172nam 2200697Ia 450 991078597510332120230207214600.00-7391-3740-91-282-56150-29786612561504(CKB)2670000000260372(EBL)616205(OCoLC)700699406(SSID)ssj0000777497(PQKBManifestationID)12302982(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777497(PQKBWorkID)10756522(PQKB)10980342(SSID)ssj0000421742(PQKBManifestationID)12141980(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421742(PQKBWorkID)10432869(PQKB)11653516(MiAaPQ)EBC616205(Au-PeEL)EBL616205(CaPaEBR)ebr10386465(CaONFJC)MIL256150(EXLCZ)99267000000026037220091230d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLanguage, memory, and identity in the Middle East[electronic resource] the case for Lebanon /Franck SalamehLanham Lexington Books20101 online resource (319 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-3738-7 0-7391-3739-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. Arabism and Its Rivals; Chapter 02. Swarming Memories, Clashing Identities: The Case for Lebanon; Chapter 03. Lebanon's Myths and Legends; Chapter 04. Saïd Akl: The Architect of the Spirit of the Nation; Chapter 05. Particularism as Template; Chapter 06. Linguistic Lebanonism; Chapter07. Toward a Lebanese Alphabet, Toward a New Middle East; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorSince the West's very early flirtations with the modern Near East, and especially in the past 100 years of East-West relations, there has been considerable difficulty in understanding and defining the Middle East, the Arab world, pan-Arabism, Arab nationalism, and Middle Eastern identities in general. The Western impulse of conflating national identity with language, state, and ethnicity-often subsuming Arabic language into Arab ethnicity-has contributed to this misunderstanding and misreading of the region. For, while the Middle East can be accurately referred to by way of tLanguage and cultureLebanonArabic languageSocial aspectsLebanonNational characteristics, LebaneseGroup identityLebanonLebanonIntellectual lifeLanguage and cultureArabic languageSocial aspectsNational characteristics, Lebanese.Group identity956.92Salameh Franck1962-1060756MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785975103321Language, memory, and identity in the Middle East3783927UNINA