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1 online resource (viii, 211 pages) : illustrations |
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Table of contents; foreword; etching our own image; chapter one; poetry is all i know; angels light words; chapter two; finding our voice; purists and innovators; arab american hip-hop; chapter three; shall we gather in the mountains?; celebrating the hyphen; the strategic voice of western poetics in arab american poetry; chapter four; light, freedom and mystical presence -- moving in from the margins; chapter five; stories my father told me; layered, erased, and embedded narratives; chapter six; arab art collectives and the remaking of the whole; the rise of arab american comedy |
| Summary |
Etching Our Own Image: Voices From Within the Arab American Art Movement is a celebration of Arab American art and identity. In the wake of 9/11, the need for Arab Americans to define themselves, rather than be defined by others has galvanized an artistic movement. This collection of writers includes poets, musicians, playwrights, creative writers, painters, conceptual artists, comedians and scholars of the arts who have gathered to assert for themselves what it means to be Arab American a .. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Arab American arts.
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History of art -- art & design styles.
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Ethnic studies.
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Cultural studies.
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ART -- Performance.
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ART -- Reference.
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Arab American arts
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ameri, Anan
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Arida, Holly
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Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, Mich.)
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| LC no. |
2007531256 |
| ISBN |
9781443809511 |
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1443809519 |
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