Modern Arab American fiction
Subtitle: a reader's guide
By: Steven Salaita
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Arab American writing
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780815632771; 9780815632535
Subjects: Arab American authors; American fiction; History and criticism; Arabs in literature; Arab Americans in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ( p.151-152 ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Uses of the Lebanese Civil War in Arab American fiction: Etel Adnan, Rawi Hage, Patricia Sarrafian Ward; title: Exploring Islam(s) in America: Mohja Kahf; title: Sex, violence, and storytelling: Rabih Alameddine; title: The eternity of immigration: Arab American short story collections (Joseph Geha, Frances Khirallah Noble, Evelyn Shakir, Susan Muaddi Darraj); title: Promised lands and unfulfilled promises: Laila Halaby; title: Crescent moons, jazz music, and feral ethnicity: Diana Abu-Jaber; title: From the Maghreb to the American mainstream: writers of North African origin (Anouar Majid, Laila Lalami, Samia Serageldin); title: Potpourri: Alicia Erian, Randa Jarrar, Susan Abulhawa.