Title details Help Title Arab American literary fictions, cultures, and politics / Steven Salaita. - 1st ed. Books Name(s) Salaita, Steven George, 1975- (Main Author) Publication New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 Physical Details x, 196 p.; 22 cm. Series American literature readings in the 21st century Subjects American literature--Arab American authors--History and criticism Arab Americans in literature Authors, Arab--United States Novelists, Arab--United States Arab Americans--Social conditions Arab Americans--Ethnic identity ISBN 1403976201 (hc.) 9781403976208 (hc.) Classmarks 813.009 Notes Bib. & Index: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-191) and index. Contents: Introduction: searching diversities: observations of an Arab ex-student -- Problems of inclusion: Arab American studies and ambiguous states of being -- The internalization of the nation: the uses of the Lebanese Civil War in Arab American fiction -- Honesty lost: the strange circumstances of love, death, and Norma Khouri -- Escaping inadequate spaces: anti-Arab racism and liberating fictions -- Conclusion: Multicultural and monocultural disjunctions. Summary: "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. Availability Barcode Location Shelf Shelfmark Status Category 00438238 Jafet Library J 813.009:S159a:c.1 On Loan (15-Feb-2010) Standard Loan

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