Trials of Arab Modernity : : Literary Affects and the New Political / / Tarek El-Ariss.
Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity—which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation—this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fantasy of the Imam -- 3. Aversion to Civilization -- 4. Staging the Colonial Encounter -- 5. Majnun Strikes Back -- 6. Hacking the Modern -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity—which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation—this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa’a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahmad Alaidy.In dialogue with affect theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis, the book reveals these trials to be a violent and ongoing confrontation with and within modernity. In pointed and witty prose, El-Ariss bridges the gap between Nahda (the so-called Arab project of Enlightenment) and postcolonial and postmodern fiction. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780823252367 9783111189604 9783110707298 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780823252367?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Tarek El-Ariss. |