The Arab Diaspora examines the range of roles the Arab world has played to various audiences on the modern and postmodern stage and the issues which have arisen as a result. The variety of roles explored reflects the diversity of Arab culture. With particular focus placed on political, diplomatic and cultural issues, the book explores the relationship between the Arab world and the West, covering topics including: Islam and its common ancestry and relationship with Christianity the varying forms of Arab civilization and its inability in more modern times to fulfil the dreams of nineteenth and twentieth century reformers continued stereotyping of the Arab world within the media. The Arab Diaspora is essential reading for those with interests in Arabic and Middle East studies, and cultural studies.
Author(s): Zahia Smail Salhi, Ian Richard Netton
Edition: 1
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 192
Book cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 2
Series title......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Introduction: Defining the Arab Diaspora......Page 12
1. The betweenness of identity: Language in trans-national literature......Page 22
2. Gendering the imperial city: London in Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North......Page 37
3. Voices of exiles and the fictional works of Tayeb Salih......Page 52
4. Voicing a culture "dispersed by time": Metropolitan location and identity in the literature and art of Sabiha al Khemir......Page 64
5. Hédi Bouraoui: Cross-cultural writing......Page 87
6. “When dwelling becomes impossible”: Arab-Jews in America and in Israel in the writings of Ahmad Susa and Shimon Ballas......Page 94
7. Two trends of cultural activity among Palestinian-Americans......Page 119
8. From ambiguity to abjection: Iraqi-Americans negotiating race in the United States......Page 138
9. Beyond the Diaspora: Letting Arab voices be heard......Page 154
Bibliography......Page 168
Index......Page 184
