Contemporary Arab-American Literature: Transnational Reconfigurations of Citizenship and Belonging
Carol Fadda-Conrey
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Hardback. Spanning the 1990s to the present, the author takes in the sweep of literary and cultural texts by Arab-American writers in order to understand the ways in which their depictions of Arab homelands, whether actual or imagined, play a crucial role in shaping cultural articulations of US citizenship and belonging. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2CSR; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
The last couple of decades have witnessed a flourishing of Arab-American literature across multiple genres. Yet, increased interest in this literature is ironically paralleled by a prevalent bias against Arabs and Muslims that portrays their long presence in the US as a recent and unwelcome phenomenon. Spanning the 1990s to the present, Carol Fadda-Conrey takes in the sweep of literary and cultural texts by Arab-American writers in order to understand the ways in which their depictions of Arab homelands, whether actual or imagined, play a crucial role in shaping cultural articulations of US citizenship and belonging. By asserting themselves within ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
Series
American Literatures Initiative
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479826926
SKU
V9781479826926
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About Carol Fadda-Conrey
Carol Fadda-Conrey is Assistant Professor of English at Syracuse University.
Reviews for Contemporary Arab-American Literature: Transnational Reconfigurations of Citizenship and Belonging
Engaging a stunning array of Arab American writers, Fadda-Conrey offers an original analysis of the ways in which Arab American literature articulates new forms of citizenship, forms that are transnational in scope and that reconfigure notions of geography and belonging. This will be the go-to book on Arab American literature.
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