LEADER 03514nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910463285803321 005 20211008024411.0 010 $a0-8232-5235-3 010 $a0-8232-5236-1 010 $a0-8232-5280-9 010 $a0-8232-5173-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780823252367 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060609 035 $a(EBL)3239794 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000836266 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11457667 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000836266 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11007715 035 $a(PQKB)11104870 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000292598 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3239794 035 $a(OCoLC)847623349 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22198 035 $a(DE-B1597)554963 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780823252367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1132257 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3239794 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10667443 035 $a(OCoLC)923763903 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1132257 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11198325 035 $a(OCoLC)915134858 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060609 100 $a20130206d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTrials of Arab modernity$b[electronic resource] $eliterary affects and the new political /$fTarek El-Ariss 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cFordham University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8232-5172-1 311 0 $a0-8232-5171-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tNote on Translation and Transliteration --$t1. Introduction --$t2. Fantasy of the Imam --$t3. Aversion to Civilization --$t4. Staging the Colonial Encounter --$t5. Majnun Strikes Back --$t6. Hacking the Modern --$t7. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aChallenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity?which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation?this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa?a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahmad Alaidy. In dialogue with affect theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis, the book reveals these trials to be a violent and ongoing confrontation with and within modernity. In pointed and witty prose, El-Ariss bridges the gap between Nahda (the so-called Arab project of Enlightenment) and postcolonial and postmodern fiction. 606 $aArabic literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aArabic literature$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature, Experimental$zArab countries$xHistory and criticism 606 $aModernism (Literature)$zArab countries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArabic literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aArabic literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature, Experimental$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aModernism (Literature) 676 $a892.7/09006 700 $aEl-Ariss$b Tarek$01034170 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463285803321 996 $aTrials of Arab modernity$92453132 997 $aUNINA