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

• Autore: Salaita Steven <1975->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 813.0098927073
• Soggetto topico: American literature - Arab American authors - History and criticism; Arab Americans in literature; Authors, Arab - United States; Novelists, Arab - United States
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Arab American literary fictions, cultures and politics
• ISBN: 1-281-36268-9; 9786611362683; 0-230-60337-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810655803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American literature readings in the 21st century.