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Subjects:

American fiction -- Arab American authors -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
Arab Americans in literature.
Marginality, Social, in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
American fiction.
American fiction -- Arab American authors.

Form/Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Summary:

"Redefines dominant perceptions of Arab Americans via an aesthetic analysis of Arab American novels, such as Diana Abu-Jaber's Arabian Jazz and Crescent, Rabih Alameddine's Koolaids: The Art of War, Laila Halaby's Once in a Promised Land, and Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, thereby launching transcultural possibilities by initiating visibility through poetics"-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Poetics of Visibility, Visible Poetics
The Disease as Queer Cure: Rabih Alameddine's Koolaids: The Art of War
Blue Notes and Accented Rhythms: Diana Abu-Jaber's Arabian Jazz
Sign after Sign: Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
Anagrams of Identity: Laila Halaby's Once in a Promised Land
Reframing Infidelity: Diana Abu-Jaber's Crescent
Conclusion: Arab American Polyphonics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-204) and index.

ISBN:

9780814214299
0814214290
9780814277751
9780814255766
0814255760

OCLC:

1112419729