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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| 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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Table of Contents:
- 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