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Author:   Therí Pickens
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.317kg
ISBN:  

9781138099814

ISBN 10:   1138099813
Pages:   118
Publication Date:   05 February 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: What’s (Identity) Politics Got to Do With It? Therí A. Pickens Part One: Literary Aesthetics 1. The Poetics of Torture in Philip Metres’ Sand Opera, Carol N. Fadda 2. An Aesthetics of Haunting: Negotiating Borders and Loss in Arab American Poetry, Sirene Harb 3. Unfixing the Autobiographical Subject: Fragmentation as Aesthetics and Identity in Rabih Alameddine’s I, the Divine, Leila Moayeri Pazargadi Part Two: Material Culture 4. ""Serving Arabness"": Imagery and Imagination of Arab-themed Restaurants, Matthew Jaber Stiffler Part Three: Film & Theatre 5. Beyond First Responders: Politics, Racism, and the Aesthetics of Arab American Theatre, Jamil Khoury 6. Acting Arab/Arab Acting: Reclaiming the Arab American Identity Through Aesthetic Choices, Michael Malek Najjar"

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This volume initiates an important and original conversation about Arab American aesthetics, particularly the relationship between politics and aesthetics in Arab American writing and cultural productions. It is sure to make a significant impact in Arab American Studies. - Evelyn Alsultany, author of Arabs and Muslims in the Media

This volume initiates an important and original conversation about Arab American aesthetics, particularly the relationship between politics and aesthetics in Arab American writing and cultural productions. It is sure to make a significant impact in Arab American Studies. - Evelyn Alsultany, author of Arabs and Muslims in the Media

Author Information

Therí A. Pickens is an Associate Professor of English. She is the author of New Body Politics: Narrating Black and Arab Identity in the Contemporary United States (Routledge, 2014). You can find out more about her work at www.tpickens.org.

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