Title Immigrant narratives : orientalism and cultural translation in Arab American and Arab British literature / Waïl S. Hassan

Published New York, New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 259 pages) Contents Rise of Arab-American literature -- Gibran phenomenon -- Emergence of autobiography -- Retreat of cultural translation -- Exilic memoirs -- Academic itineraries -- Postcolonial translation -- Muslim immigrant fiction -- Queering orientalism Summary Drawing upon postcolonial, translation, and minority discourse theory, this book investigates how key Arab-American and Arab-British writers have described their immigrant experiences Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject American literature -- Arab American authors -- History and criticism English literature -- Arab authors -- History and criticism Immigrants in literature. Arab Americans -- Ethnic identity Arab Americans in literature. Arabs in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. American literature -- Arab American authors Arab Americans -- Ethnic identity Arab Americans in literature Arabs in literature English literature -- Arab authors Immigrants in literature Literatur. Amerikanisches Englisch. Englisch. Ethnizität. Einwanderung. Araber. English literature -- Arab authors -- History and criticism. Arab American literature -- United States. Orientalism -- Anglophone Arab literature. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 0199792135 9780199792139 9780199919239 0199919232

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