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Author Pickens, Therí A

Title Arab American Aesthetics : Literature, Material Culture, Film, and Theatre
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (131 pages)
Series Routledge Studies on Middle Eastern Diasporas
Routledge studies on Middle Eastern diasporas.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Contributors; Introduction: Whatâ#x80;#x99;s (identity) politics got to do with it?; Part I: Literary aesthetics; 1 The poetics of torture in Philip Metresâ#x80;#x99;s Sand Opera; 2 An aesthetics of haunting: negotiating borders and loss in Arab American poetry; 3 Unfixing the autobiographical subject: fragmentation as aesthetics and identity in Rabih Alameddineâ#x80;#x99;s I, the Divine; Part II: Material culture; 4 â#x80;#x9C;Serving Arabnessâ#x80;#x9D;: imagery and imagination of Arab-themedrestaurants; Part III: Film and theatre
5 Beyond first responders: politics, racism, and the aesthetics of Arab American theatre6 Acting Arab/Arab acting: reclaiming the Arab American identity through aesthetic choices; Index
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351596534
1351596535