Poetics of visibility in the contemporary Arab American novel /

""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 t...

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Autor principal: Naous, Mazen (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press [2020]
Accés en línia:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.1011735
Taula de continguts:
  • 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.