Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and Politics

N.B. this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title. Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. Using literary and social analysis, this book examines a range of modern Arab American literary fiction and illustrates how socio-political phenomena have affected the development of the Arab American novel.

Autorentext
STEVEN SALAITA is Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Tech, USA, and currently serves as Executive Director of the Radius of Arab American Writers, Inc. His previous books include Anti-Arab Racism in the USA and The Holy Land in Transit: Colonialism and the Quest for Canaan.

Inhalt
Introduction: The Searchings of an Arab ex-Student Problems of Inclusion: Arab American Studies and Inalterable States of Being The Internationalization 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