| Description |
1 online resource (188 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Poetics of Visibility, Visible Poetics -- The Disease as Queer Cure: Rabih Alameddine's Koolaids: The Art of War -- Blue Notes and Accented Rhythms: Diana Abu-Jaber's Arabian Jazz -- Sign after Sign: Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf -- Anagrams of Identity: Laila Halaby's Once in a Promised Land -- Reframing Infidelity: Diana Abu-Jaber's Crescent -- Conclusion: Arab American Polyphonics |
| Summary |
""Redefines dominant perceptions of Arab Americans via an aesthetic analysis of Arab American novels, such as Diana Abu-Jaber's Arabian Jazz and Crescent, Rabih Alameddine's Koolaids: The Art of War, Laila Halaby's Once in a Promised Land, and Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, thereby launching transcultural possibilities by initiating visibility through poetics"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on February 22, 2021) |
| Subject |
American fiction -- Arab American authors -- History and criticism
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Arab Americans in literature.
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Marginality, Social, in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / General
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American fiction
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American fiction -- Arab American authors
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Arab Americans in literature
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Identity (Psychology) in literature
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Marginality, Social, in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0814277756 |
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9780814277751 |
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