Arab-American women's writing and performance: Orientalism, race and the idea of the Arabian nights
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1. Verfasser: Sabry, Somaya Sami (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London I.B. Tauris 2011
Schriftenreihe:International library of cultural studies 19
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Beschreibung:Preface; 1. Sheherazade in the West: 'Sheherazadian narrative' as a Dihliz in the Diaspora; 2. Why Recast Her in the West? Sheherazade and Race; 3. Cooking Sheherazade's America: Tasting Arab-American Women's Diasporic Narratives in Diana Abu-Jaber's Crescent; 4. 'Fabric-ating' Affiliation: Fashioning Scarves in Muslim-American Women's Diasporic Experiences; 5. Diasporic Articulations: Performing 'Sheherazadian Orality'; 6. Arab-American Literature, Performance and the Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index
The public image of Arabs in America has been radically affected by the 'war on terror'. But stereotypes of Arabs, manifested for instance in Orientalist representations of Sheherazade and the Arabian Nights in Hollywood, have prevailed for much longer. Here Somaya Sabry argues that the Arab-American experience has been powerfully shaped by racial discourse and Orientalism, and is further complicated today by hostility towards Arabs in post-9/11 America. She shows how Arab-American women writers and performers confront and subvert racial stereotypes in this charged context by recasting representations of Sheherazade
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 208 pages)
ISBN:0857719742
128329317X
9780857719744
9781283293174

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