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BL
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1091616
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bc1010922
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English
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| Main Entry
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Sabry, Somaya Sami.
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Arab-American women's writing and performance : : Orientalism, race and the idea of the Arabian nights /\ Somaya Sami Sabry.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: I.B. Tauris,, 2011.
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| Series Statement
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International library of cultural studies ;; 19
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1 online resource (xv, 208 pages)
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| ISBN
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9780857719744
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: 0857719742
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: 9781848855687
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: 1848855680
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128329317X
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: 9781283293174
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9780857719744
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0857719742
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: 9780857731623
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: 0857731629
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Scheherazade,In literature.
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Scheherazade
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Scheherazade
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American literature-- Arab American authors-- History and criticism.
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American literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Race relations in literature.
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Orientalism in literature.
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Arab American arts.
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Arab Americans-- Social conditions.
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Littérature américaine-- Auteurs américains d'origine arabe-- Histoire et critique.
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Écrits de femmes américains-- Histoire et critique.
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Relations raciales dans la littérature.
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Américains d'origine arabe-- Conditions sociales.
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Literary studies: general.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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American literature-- Arab American authors.
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American literature-- Women authors.
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Arab American arts.
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Arab Americans-- Social conditions.
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Orientalism in literature.
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Race relations.
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Race relations in literature.
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Literature.
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United States, Race relations.
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États-Unis, Relations raciales.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.98927
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| LC Classification
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PS153.A73S237 2011eb
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