Lindsey Moore (UK University of Lancaster)

Narrating Postcolonial Arab Nations

Egypt, Algeria, Lebanon, Palestine

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Produktbeschreibung

Narrating Postcolonial Arab Nations significantly enhances the interface between postcolonial literary studies and the hitherto under-studied Arab world. Lindsey Moore brings together canonical and less familiar Arab novels and memoirs from the last half century to consider colonial continuities and consequences. Literary narratives are shown to oppose repressive versions of nationalism and to track desire lines toward more hospitable nations. The literatures discussed in this book enable a deeper historical understanding of twenty-first century Arab uprisings and their aftermaths. The book analyzes four rich sites of literary production: Egypt, Algeria, Lebanon, and Palestine. Moore explores ways in which authors critique particular nation-state formations and decolonizing histories, engage the general problematic of 'the nation', and redefine, repurpose, and transcend national literary canons.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781138830882
• ISBN-10: 1138830887
• Artikelnr.: 43035643

Autorenporträt

Lindsey Moore is Lecturer in Senior English Literature at Lancaster University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
A Note on the Text
Introduction
I. Postcolonial Studies and the Arab World: Towards a Critical Counterpoint
II. Postcolonial Arab Nations
III. Narrating Postcolonial Arab Nations
Chapter One. Before, After and Between the Revolutions: Desire and Death in
Egypt
I. Revolution I / 1919-1952: Naguib Mahfouz, The Cairo Trilogy
II. Revolution II / 1946-1956: Latifa al-Zayyat, The Open Door
III. Between the Acts: Mahfouz, Miramar
IV. (Counter-)Revolution / After 1967: Miral al-Tahawy, Blue Aubergine
V. Death and Desire: Alaa al-Aswany, The Yacoubian Building
Chapter Two. 'We Algerians': National Emergencies and Alternative
Genealogies
I. A Brief History of Algerian Violence: Two 'Fanonian' Wars
II. An Alternative Algerian Vision: Albert Camus, The First Man and 'The
Guest'
III. Unfinished Literature: Assia Djebar, Algerian White
IV. 'Le fils naturel': Rachid Boudjedra, The Repudiation and The Barbary
Figs
V. Algerian Hospitality in the Feminine: Boualem Sansal, Harraga and Rue
Darwin
Chapter Three. Gender Trauma on the Line: Lebanese War Literature
I. Taboo Subjects, Narrative Predicaments and the Front Line
II. Dissident Dismembering/Remembering: Etel Adnan, Sitt Marie Rose
III. Queerer and Queerer: Rachid al-Daïf, Passage to Dusk
IV. Gendered Space, Heteronormative Desire, Disavowed Histories
V. Rabih Alameddine, I, the Divine: A Novel in First Chapters
Chapter Four. Palestine in the Colonial Present: Ruins, Rifts and
Remainders
I. Writing Palestinian Lives
II. Becoming Palestinian: Edward Said, Out of Place
III. An 'Arab Woman's Memoir': Jean Said Makdisi, Teta, Mother and Me
IV. Resolution Deferred: Ghada Karmi, In Search of Fatima and Return
V. Ruins and the Rift: Raja Shehadeh, Strangers in the House, Palestinian
Walks and A Rift in Time
Works Cited
Index