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The literature of the Lebanese diaspora : representations of place and transnational identity /
The Lebanese civil war, which spanned the years of 1975 to 1990, caused the migration of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens, many of whom are still writing of their experiences. Jumana Bayeh presents an important and major study of the literature of the Lebanese diaspora. Focusing on novels...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2015.
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| Colección: | Library of modern Middle East studies ;
161. WCI (London, England) ; 1. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Autho Bio; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustration; Introduction; Part I : War and the City; 1. The Urban Space: Beirut at War; 2. The Destruction of West Beirut in Tony Hanania's Unreal City; 3. Undermining the Christian City in Rawi Hage's De Niro's Game; Part II Home, Mobility, Immobility; 4. Domicile and Diaspora: Women Write the Home; 5. Stasis and Domesticity in Nada Awar Jarrar's Somewhere, Home; 6. Home and Movement in Alia Yunis' The Night Counter; Part III Contesting the Nation-State; 7. Nation, State and Diaspora.
- 8. One Land or Two? Israel and Palestine in Amin Maalouf's Ports of CallConclusion: Place and Diaspora Literature; Notes; Bibliography; Back Cover.