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Politics and Palestinian Literature in Exile: Gender, Aesthetics and Resistance in the Short Story
Joseph Farag
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Description for Politics and Palestinian Literature in Exile: Gender, Aesthetics and Resistance in the Short Story
Hardcover. A literary approach to the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the formation of Palestinian identity as understood through the short story genre. Series: SOAS Palestinian Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Despite, or even because of their tumultuous history, Palestinians are renowned for being prolific cultural producers, creating many of the Arab world's most iconic works of literature. In particular, the Palestinian short story stands out for its unique interplay between literary texts and the political and historical contexts from which they emerge. Palestinian Literature in Exile is the first English language study to explore this unique genre. Joseph Farag employs an interdisciplinary approach to examine the political function of literary texts and the manner in which cultural production responds to crucial moments in Palestinian history. Drawing from the works of ... Read more
Despite, or even because of their tumultuous history, Palestinians are renowned for being prolific cultural producers, creating many of the Arab world's most iconic works of literature. In particular, the Palestinian short story stands out for its unique interplay between literary texts and the political and historical contexts from which they emerge. Palestinian Literature in Exile is the first English language study to explore this unique genre. Joseph Farag employs an interdisciplinary approach to examine the political function of literary texts and the manner in which cultural production responds to crucial moments in Palestinian history. Drawing from the works of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
SOAS Palestinian Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784536558
SKU
V9781784536558
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About Joseph Farag
Joseph R. Farag is Assistant Professor of Arab Studies at the University of Minnesota. He holds a PhD from Queen Mary University of London where he served as Lecturer in Middle Eastern Literary Studies. Farag was a research fellow for Forum Transregionale Studien, affiliated with Freie Universitat Berlin. His most recent publication, 'Unacknowledged Pioneer: Gender, Nation, and Class in the ... Read more
Reviews for Politics and Palestinian Literature in Exile: Gender, Aesthetics and Resistance in the Short Story
'Fixing its creative gaze on the short story - a form with its own peculiar logic, pacing, and poise - this book is not only the history of a genre, nationally inflected, but a genre through which the three great watersheds of Palestinian history (Nahda, Nakba, and Intifada) are movingly told. In Farag's confident and well-argued study, Sartrean 'litterature engage' ... Read more