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Between the Middle East and the Americas: The Cultural Politics of Diaspora
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Hardcover. Perceptions of the Middle East in conflicting discourses from North America, South America, and Europe Editor(s): Shohat, Ella Habiba; Alsultany, Evelyn Azeeza. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
What discourses are produced about the ""Middle East"" by those from the outside? Between the Middle East and the Americas takes a transnational cultural studies approach to examining the different and contradictory signification's of the Middle East in North America, South America, and Europe within a cross-cultural perspective. Coming from different cultural sites in countries such as the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Denmark, and France, and addressing a wide range of themes, these essays point to an assemblage of meanings that shift depending on the historical moment and geographic/cultural context. They illuminate a contradictory field of meaning, one where ... Read more
What discourses are produced about the ""Middle East"" by those from the outside? Between the Middle East and the Americas takes a transnational cultural studies approach to examining the different and contradictory signification's of the Middle East in North America, South America, and Europe within a cross-cultural perspective. Coming from different cultural sites in countries such as the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Denmark, and France, and addressing a wide range of themes, these essays point to an assemblage of meanings that shift depending on the historical moment and geographic/cultural context. They illuminate a contradictory field of meaning, one where ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472099443
SKU
V9780472099443
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About
Evelyn Azeeza Alsultany is Assistant Professor in the Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan. Ella Habiba Shohat is Professor, Departments of Art and Public Policy, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University.
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