Modern Arab American fiction : a reader's guide / Steven Salaita.

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Main Author: Salaita, Steven, 1975-
Language:English
Published: Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2011.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Arab American writing.
Subjects:
American fiction > Arab American authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Arab Americans in literature.
Arabs in literature.
Physical Description:viii, 154 pages.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.