Language, memory, and identity in the Middle East [[electronic resource] ] : the case for Lebanon / / Franck Salameh

• Autore: Salameh Franck <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.92
• Soggetto topico: Language and culture - Lebanon; Arabic language - Social aspects - Lebanon; National characteristics, Lebanese; Group identity - Lebanon
• Soggetto geografico: Lebanon Intellectual life
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Since 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 t
• Titolo autorizzato: Language, memory, and identity in the Middle East
• ISBN: 0-7391-3740-9; 1-282-56150-2; 9786612561504
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461896403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II