Arab American literary fictions, cultures, and politics

Description

"Using a mix of literary and social analysis, this book examines a broad range of modern Arab American literary fiction and illustrates how numerous socio-political phenomena have affected the development of the Arab American novel. Salaita argues that in the United States a variety of fictions about Arab and Islam circulate frequently in both popular and academic cultures. He endeavors in turn to highlight the diversities inscribed in the Arab American community that render it more complex than generally is acknowledged in public discussion, an endeavor undertaken through critique of a cross-section of modern Arab American novelists, including Etel Adnan, Rabih Alameddine, Joseph Geha, and Laila Halaby. Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and Politics is the first original book of Arab American literary criticism and offers reflections on the viability of developing an Arab American Studies."--BOOK JACKET

Subjects

Series Statement

• American literature readings in the 21st century

Other Editions

• Arab American literary fictions, cultures, and politicsPalgrave Macmillan2007-01-01
• Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and PoliticsPalgrave Macmillan Limited2006-01-01
• Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and Politics (American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century)HardcoverPalgrave Macmillan2006-12-26
• Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and PoliticsPalgrave Macmillan2007-01-01
• Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and PoliticsPalgrave Macmillan2010-01-01