Etching our own image : voices from within the Arab-American art movement / edited by Anan Ameri and Holly Arida.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ameri, Anan.

Arida, Holly.

Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, Mich.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab American arts.

Arab Americans--Intellectual life.

Arab Americans.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 211 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Arab-American art movement

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Etching Our Own Image: Voices From Within the Arab American Art Movement is a celebration of Arab American art and identity. In the wake of 9/11, the need for Arab Americans to define themselves, rather than be defined by others has galvanized an artistic movement. This collection of writers includes poets, musicians, playwrights, creative writers, painters, conceptual artists, comedians and scholars of the arts who have gathered to assert for themselves what it means to be Arab American a...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ETCHING OUR OWN IMAGE; CHAPTER ONE; POETRY IS ALL I KNOW; ANGELS LIGHT WORDS; CHAPTER TWO; FINDING OUR VOICE; PURISTS AND INNOVATORS; ARAB AMERICAN HIP-HOP; CHAPTER THREE; SHALL WE GATHER IN THE MOUNTAINS?; CELEBRATING THE HYPHEN; THE STRATEGIC VOICE OF WESTERN POETICS IN ARAB AMERICAN POETRY; CHAPTER FOUR; ""LIGHT, FREEDOM AND MYSTICAL PRESENCE""; MOVING IN FROM THE MARGINS; CHAPTER FIVE; STORIES MY FATHER TOLD ME; LAYERED, ERASED, AND EMBEDDED NARRATIVES; CHAPTER SIX; ARAB ART COLLECTIVES AND THE REMAKING OF THE WHOLE; THE RISE OF ARAB AMERICAN COMEDY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

"This anthology features some of the work presented at DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts, which was held at the [Arab American National Museum] between March 30 and April 2, 2006"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-19305-8

9786612193057

1-4438-0951-9

OCLC:

830168661