The Holy Land in transit : colonialism and the quest for Canaan / Steven Salaita ; with a foreword by Peter Gran.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms.
Main Author:	Salaita, Steven, 1975-
Other Authors:	Gran, Peter, 1941-
Language:	English
Published:	Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2006.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms.
Subjects:	Colonies in literature. Arab-Israeli conflict > Literature and the conflict. Postcolonialism in literature. Indigenous peoples in literature. Ojibwa people > Cultural assimilation.
Physical Description:	ix, 234 pages ; 23 cm.
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction : homelands and holy lands
The Holy Land in transit
Demystifying the quest for Canaan : observations on mimesis in the New World and Holy Land
Digging up the bones of the past: colonial and indigenous interplay in Winona Laduke's Last standing woman
The Kahan commission report and a balcony over the Fakihani : a tale of two fictions
Reimagining the munificence of an ass : the unbounded worlds of Gerald Vizenor and Emile Habiby
Conclusion : dreamcatchers on the last frontier.