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The selected works of Yussef El Guindi : Back of the throat ; Our enemies : lively scenes of love and combat ; Language rooms ; Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the new world ; Threesome / edited and with an introduction by Michael Malek Najjar.
Van Pelt Library PS3605.L14 A6 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- El Guindi, Yussef, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Plays. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arab Americans--Drama.
- Arab Americans.
- Muslims--United States--Drama.
- Muslims.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 322 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Contemporary Arab American playwright Yussef El Guindi's works focus on the Arab/Muslim experience in the United States. In particular, his plays deal with the complex issues of Arabophobia, Islamophobia, media orientalism and bi-cultural issues faced by both immigrants and second-generation Arab Americans. The plays featured in this collection are: Back of the Throat Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat Language Rooms Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World Threesome The anthology also includes a range of supplementary material, designed to contextualise the work of El Guindi and support its use by students: - a foreword by Silk Road Rising Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Torange Yeghiazarian, Artistic Director, Golden Thread Productions - an introduction by Professor Michael Malek Najjar - production stills of productions of El Guindi's plays - a bonus essay by El Guindi titled 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Meet Abdallah and Ahmed: Musings about Arabs and Muslims in American Theatre' - an annotated timeline of the work of Yussef El Guindi"-- Providied by publisher.
- Contents:
- Back of the throat
- Our enemies: lively scenes of love and combat
- Language rooms
- Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the new world
- Threesome
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern meet Abdallah and Ahmed: musings about Arabs and Muslims in American theater.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781472954091
- 1472954092
- 9781350057173
- 1350057177
- OCLC:
- 1065547832
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