Modern Arab American fiction : a reader's guide /

"Exploring the works of such best-selling authors as Rabih Alameddine, Mohja Kahf, Laila Halaby, Diana Abu-Jaber, Alicia Erian, and Randa Jarrar, Salaita highlights the development of each author's writing and how each has influenced Arab American fiction. He examines common themes includi...

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主要作者: Salaita, Steven, 1975-
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press 2011.
版:1st ed.
叢編:Arab American writing.
在線閱讀:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1j1vztw
書本目錄:
  • Introduction
  • Uses of the Lebanese Civil War in Arab American fiction: Etel Adnan, Rawi Hage, Patricia Sarrafian Ward
  • Exploring Islam(s) in America: Mohja Kahf
  • Sex, violence, and storytelling: Rabih Alameddine
  • The eternity of immigration: Arab American short story collections (Joseph Geha, Frances Khirallah Noble, Evelyn Shakir, Susan Muaddi Darraj)
  • Promised lands and unfulfilled promises: Laila Halaby
  • Crescent moons, jazz music, and feral ethnicity: Diana Abu-Jaber
  • From the Maghreb to the American mainstream: writers of North African origin (Anouar Majid, Laila Lalami, Samia Serageldin)
  • Potpourri: Alicia Erian, Randa Jarrar, Susan Abulhawa.