Etching our own image
Subtitle: voices from within the Arab-American art movement
By: edited by Anan Ameri and Holly Arida.
Contributors: Ameri, Anan.; Arida, Holly.; Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, Mich.)
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Newcastle, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781847181954
Subjects: Arab American arts.
Other titles: Arab-American art movement
Description: This collection of writers includes poets, musicians, playwrights, creative writers, painters, conceptual artists, comedians and scholars of the arts who have gathered to assert for themselves what it means to be Arab American and an artist. -- Dust Jacket.
Notes: "This anthology features some of the work presented at DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts, which was held at the [Arab American National Museum] between March 30 and April 2, 2006"--Foreword.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains images of some of the works included in the book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Speaking truth to power through poetry; title: On stage : Arab Americans in the performing arts; title: The rise of contemporary Arab American literature; title: Palestinian art : bridging the political and aesthetic; title: Telling my story : personal narrative in the visual arts; title: Coming together : the collectives.