Modern Arab American Fiction: A Reader's Guide

by Steven Salaita

Book Overview

Within the spectrum of American literary traditions, Arab American literature is relatively new. Writing produced by Americans of Arab origin is mainly a product of the twentieth century and only started to flourish in the past thirty years. While this young but thriving literature varies widely in content and style, it emerges from a common community and within a specific historical, political, and cultural context. In Modern Arab American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815632770
• ISBN13: 9780815632771
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"