Poetics of visibility in the contemporary Arab American novel /
""Redefines dominant perceptions of Arab Americans via an aesthetic analysis of Arab American novels, such as Diana Abu-Jaber's Arabian Jazz and Crescent, Rabih Alameddine's Koolaids: The Art of War, Laila Halaby's Once in a Promised Land, and Mohja Kahf's The Girl in t...
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The Ohio State University Press,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Poetics of Visibility, Visible Poetics
- The Disease as Queer Cure: Rabih Alameddine's Koolaids: The Art of War
- Blue Notes and Accented Rhythms: Diana Abu-Jaber's Arabian Jazz
- Sign after Sign: Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
- Anagrams of Identity: Laila Halaby's Once in a Promised Land
- Reframing Infidelity: Diana Abu-Jaber's Crescent
- Conclusion: Arab American Polyphonics.