Articulations of Resistance: Transformative Practices in Contemporary Arab-American Poetry

ISBN-13: 9781032239934 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 214 str.

Sir?ne H. Harb

Opis

Using a theoretical framework located at the intersection of US ethnic studies, transnational studies, and postcolonial studies, Articulations of Resistance: Transformative Practices in Contemporary Arab-American Poetry maps an interdisciplinary model of critical inquiry to demonstrate the intimate link between poetry and resistance.

Spis treści

Introduction

1 Haunted Spaces: Ghostliness, Loss, and Violence

2 Translating 9/11: Contrapuntalism, Dialogism, and Necropolitics

3 Bilingualism, Cultural Foreignization, and Formal Innovation

4 Centrifugal Forces and Articulations of Resistance: The Poetry of June Jordan and Suheir Hammad

Conclusion

O autorze

Sirène H. Harb is an Associate Professor of American and Comparative Literature at the American University of Beirut.