Breaking broken English : Black-Arab literary solidarities and the politics of language / Michelle Hartman.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Critical Arab American studies.
Main Author: Hartman, Michelle (Author)
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Critical Arab American studies.
Subjects:
Abulhawa, Susan > Criticism and interpretation.
Jarrar, Randa > Criticism and interpretation.
ʻĀshūr, Raḍwá > Criticism and interpretation.
American literature > Arab American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Language and languages > Political aspects.
Politics in literature.
African Americans > Relations with Muslims.
African Americans > Languages.
African Americans in literature.
Ethnic relations in literature.
Solidarity > United States.
Arab-Israeli conflict > Literature and the conflict.
American literature > African American authors.
American literature > Arab American authors.
Social movements.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:xv, 303 pages ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Black-Arab literary solidarities and the politics of language
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Building a theory of language, poetics, and politics in the break
  • Homage as a politics of solidarity: coalition building and Arab American poetry
  • Palestine, or a language as home: Susan Abulhawa's Mornings in Jenin
  • Stories to pass on: Randa Jarrar's languages of race, sexuality, and gender
  • "The most pressing causes of our times": translating Radwa Ashour translating Black America
  • Conclusions: Breaking to get free.