TY - BOOK AU - Salaita,Steven ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Modern Arab American fiction: a reader's guide T2 - Arab American writing AV - PS153.A73 S33 2011eb U1 - 813/.54098927 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Syracuse, N.Y. PB - Syracuse University Press KW - American fiction KW - Arab American authors KW - History and criticism KW - 20th century KW - Arab Americans in literature KW - Arabs in literature KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Uses of the Lebanese Civil War in Arab American fiction: Etel Adnan, Rawi Hage, Patricia Sarrafian Ward -- Exploring Islam(s) in America: Mohja Kahf -- Sex, violence, and storytelling: Rabih Alameddine -- The eternity of immigration: Arab American short story collections (Joseph Geha, Frances Khirallah Noble, Evelyn Shakir, Susan Muaddi Darraj) -- Promised lands and unfulfilled promises: Laila Halaby -- Crescent moons, jazz music, and feral ethnicity: Diana Abu-Jaber -- From the Maghreb to the American mainstream: writers of North African origin (Anouar Majid, Laila Lalami, Samia Serageldin) -- Potpourri: Alicia Erian, Randa Jarrar, Susan Abulhawa; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10493622 ER -