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American Arabesque: Arabs and Islam in the Nineteenth Century Imaginary
Jacob Rama Berman
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Description for American Arabesque: Arabs and Islam in the Nineteenth Century Imaginary
Paperback. Examines representations of Arabs, Islam and the Near East in nineteenth-century American culture Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJK; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
Part of the American Literatures Initiative Series
American Arabesque examines representations of Arabs, Islam and the Near East in nineteenth-century American culture, arguing that these representations play a significant role in the development of American national identity over the century, revealing largely unexplored exchanges between these two cultural traditions that will alter how we understand them
today.
Moving from the period of America's engagement in the
Barbary Wars through the Holy Land travel mania in the years of Jacksonian expansion and into the writings of romantics such as Edgar Allen Poe, the book argues that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
America and the Long 19th Century
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814745182
SKU
V9780814745182
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About Jacob Rama Berman
Jacob Rama Berman is Assistant Professor of English Literature and Comparative Literature at Louisiana State University.
Reviews for American Arabesque: Arabs and Islam in the Nineteenth Century Imaginary
American Arabesque succeeds on many levels, not the least of which is its forging of a method of transnational scholarship. Berman places importance on translation, not only in terms of linguistics but also in terms of cultural forms. The result is a nuanced read of densely overlapping cultural forms and ideas...This is an important scholarly intervention that is sure to ... Read more