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Arab-American Women's Writing and Performance: Orientalism, Race and the Idea of the Arabian Nights

Arab-American Women's Writing and Performance: Orientalism, Race and the Idea of the Arabian Nights

Sabry, Somaya Sami

Hardcover

Series: International Library of Cultural Studies, Book 19

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1848855680
ISBN13: 9781848855687
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Apr 30 2011
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
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. Shedding new light on Arab-American women's negotiations of identity, this book will be indispensable for all those interested in the Arab-American world, American ethnic studies and race, as well as diaspora studies, women's studies, literature, cultural studies and performance studies.

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