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Author:

Naous, Mazen author.

Title:

Poetics of visibility in the contemporary Arab American novel / Mazen Naous.

Publisher:

The Ohio State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

x, 209 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

American fiction--History and criticism.--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.

Notes:

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

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.

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.

ISBN:

0814214290
9780814214299
0814255760
9780814255766

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1112419729

LCCN:

2019041562

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)