Trials of Arab modernity : literary affects and the new political / / Tarek El-Ariss
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| Autore: |
El-Ariss Tarek
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| Titolo: |
Trials of Arab modernity : literary affects and the new political / / Tarek El-Ariss
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 892.7/09006 |
| Soggetto topico: | Arabic literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
| Arabic literature - 21st century - History and criticism | |
| Literature, Experimental - Arab countries - History and criticism | |
| Modernism (Literature) - Arab countries | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fantasy of the Imam -- 3. Aversion to Civilization -- 4. Staging the Colonial Encounter -- 5. Majnun Strikes Back -- 6. Hacking the Modern -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Challenging 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Trials of Arab modernity |
| ISBN: | 9780823252350 |
| 0823252353 | |
| 9780823252367 | |
| 0823252361 | |
| 9780823252800 | |
| 0823252809 | |
| 9780823251735 | |
| 082325173X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910973551403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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