Modern Arab American fiction [electronic resource] : a reader's guide / Steven Salaita.
Material type: TextSeries: Arab American writing | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011. 2015)Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (viii, 154 p. )Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780815651048
- 081565104X
- 813/.54098927 22
- PS153.A73 S33 2011
Includes bibliographical references ( p.151-152 ) and index.
Introduction -- Uses of the Lebanese Civil War in Arab American fiction: Etel Adnan, Rawi Hage, Patricia Sarrafian Ward -- Exploring Islam(s) in America: Mohja Kahf -- Sex, violence, and storytelling: Rabih Alameddine -- The eternity of immigration: Arab American short story collections (Joseph Geha, Frances Khirallah Noble, Evelyn Shakir, Susan Muaddi Darraj) -- Promised lands and unfulfilled promises: Laila Halaby -- Crescent moons, jazz music, and feral ethnicity: Diana Abu-Jaber -- From the Maghreb to the American mainstream: writers of North African origin (Anouar Majid, Laila Lalami, Samia Serageldin) -- Potpourri: Alicia Erian, Randa Jarrar, Susan Abulhawa.
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