Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies : The Poetics and Ethics of Anglophone Arab Representations / Markus Schmitz
This book explores the formative correlations and inventive transmissions of Anglophone Arab representations ranging from early 20th century Mahjar writings to contemporary transnational Palestinian resistance art. Tracing multiple beginnings and seminal intertexts, the comparative study of dissonan...
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Postcolonial Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 0. Setting in Motion: The Trans-Location of Anglophone Arab Cultures 9 1. Endings as Desert(ed) Starts 29 2. Beginnings as Cultural Novelties: Intertexts and Discursive Affinities 39 3. Khalid's Book and How Not to Bow Down Before Rihani 49 4. Nocturnal Traces and Voyaging Critique: From Shahrazad to Said 137 5. Reading Anglophone Arab Enunciations Across Genres: Narrative Display, Performative Evidence, and the Parafiction of Theory 187 6. The Challenge of Anglophone Arab Studies: For a Post-Integrationist Critical Practice 257 Works Cited 269 Image Credits 295 Index 297