{"product_id":"immigrant-narratives-orientalism-and-cultural-translation-in-arab-american-and-arab-british-literature-paperback","title":"Immigrant Narratives: Orientalism and Cultural Translation in Arab American and Arab British Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWail S. Hassan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the work of Edward Said first appeared, countless studies have shown the ways in which Western writers--sometimes unwittingly--participate in the oversimplified East\/West dichotomy of Orientalism. Yet no study has considered how writers from the so-called Orient approach this idea. A wide-ranging survey of the vast and diverse world of Anglophone Arab literature, \u003cem\u003eImmigrant Narratives\u003c\/em\u003e examines the complex ways in which Arab émigrés contend with, resist, and participate in the problems of Orientalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHassan's account begins in the early twentieth century, as he considers the pioneering Lebanese American writers, Ameen Rihani and Kahlil Gibran. The former's seminal novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Khalid\u003c\/em\u003e sought to fuse Arabic and European literary traditions in search of a civilizational synthesis, whereas the latter found success by mixing Hindu, Christian, mystical, and English Romantic ideas into a popular spiritualism. Hassan then considers Arab immigrant life-writing, ranging from autobiographies by George Haddad and Abraham Rihbany to memoirs of exile by the Egyptian-born Leila Ahmed and Palestinian refugees like Fawaz Turki and Edward Said. Hassan considers issues of representation in looking to how Arab immigrant writers like Ramzi Salti and Rabih Alameddine use homosexuality to reflect on Arab typecasting. Ahdaf Soueif's fiction reflects her growing awareness of the politics of reception of Anglophone Arab women writers while Leila Aboulela's fiction, inspired by an immigrant Islamic\u003cbr\u003eperspective, depicts the predicament of the Muslim minority in Britain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing upon postcolonial, translation, and minority discourse theory, \u003cem\u003eImmigrant Narratives\u003c\/em\u003e investigates how key writers have described their immigrant experiences, acting as mediators and interpreters between cultures, and how they have forged new identities in their adopted countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWaïl S. Hassan \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eTayeb Salih: Ideology and the Craft of Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, co-editor of \u003cem\u003eApproaches to Teaching the Works of Naguib Mahfouz\u003c\/em\u003e, and translator of Abdelfattah Kilito's \u003cem\u003eThou Shalt Not Speak My Language\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039112859728,"sku":"9780199354979","price":101.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/b05jcXU4VXR6M0tpTGNIaWZPNit0QT09.webp?v=1771841341","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/immigrant-narratives-orientalism-and-cultural-translation-in-arab-american-and-arab-british-literature-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}