Poetics of visibility in the contemporary Arab American novel Redefines dominant perceptions of Arab Americans via an aesthetic analysis of Arab American novels such as Diana Abu Jabers Arabian Jazz and Crescent Rabih Alameddines Koolaids: The Art of War Laila Halabys Once in a Promised Land and Mohja Kahfs The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf thereby launching transcultural possibilities by initiating visibility through poetics Provided by publisher Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction: Poetics of Visibility Visible Poetics The Disease as Queer Cure: Rabih Alameddines Koolaids: The Art of War Blue Notes and Accented Rhythms: Diana Abu Jabers Arabian Jazz Sign after Sign: Mohja Kahfs The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf Anagrams of Identity: Laila Halabys Once in a Promised Land Reframing Infidelity: Diana Abu Jabers Crescent Conclusion: Arab American Polyphonics.