Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East: The Case for Lebanon

By Franck Salameh and Franck Salemeh

Book Overview

Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East differs from traditional modern Middle East scholarship in that it reevaluates the images and perceptions that specialists-and Middle Easterners themselves-have normalized and intellectualized about the region, often with a patronizing rejection of the legitimacy and authenticity of non-Arab Middle Eastern peoples, and a refusal to attribute the Middle East's pathologies to causes outside the traditional Arab-Israeli and post-colonial paradigms.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739137387
• ISBN13: 9780739137383
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"