Arab-American women's writing and performance : Orientalism, race and the idea of the Arabian nights /: Orientalism, race and the idea of the Arabian nights. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Somaya Sami Sabry.
• Other Names: Sabry, Somaya Sami
• Contents: Chapter 1: 'In-Processing' Sheherazade in the West: 'Sheherazadian Narrative' as a Dihliz in the Diaspora Chapter 2: Why Recast Her in the West? Sheherazade and Race Chapter 3: Cooking Sheherazade's America: Tasting Arab-American Women's Diasporic Narratives in Diana Abu-Jaber's Crescent Chapter 4: 'Fabric-ating' Affiliation: Fashioning Scarves in Muslim-American Women's Diasporic Experiences Chapter 5: Diasporic Articulations: Performing 'Sheherazadian Orality' Chapter 6: Arab-American Literature, Performance and the FutureBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 810.98927; American literature -- Arab American authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Scheherazade (Legendary character) in literature; Race relations in literature; Orientalism in literature; Arab American arts; Scheherazade (Legendary character); Arab Americans -- Social conditions; United States -- Race relations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857731623; 0857731629
• Related ISBNs: 9781848855687
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.