Arabic Exile Literature in Europe : Defamiliarizing Forced Migration.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sellman, Johanna.

Series:

Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic literature--History and criticism.

Arabic literature.

Arabic literature--Europe--History and criticism.

Authors, Exiled.

Refugees in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Analyses the aesthetics and politics of contemporary Arabic literature of forced migration in the 21st century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Series Editor’s Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Speculative Belongings in Contemporary Arabic Migration Literature

1 Shifting Frameworks for Studying Contemporary Arabic Literature of Migration to Europe: A Case for Border Studies

2 Harraga: Mediterranean Crossings in Arabic Migration Literature

3 The Subversion of Borders and ‘Nightmare Realism’ in Iraqi Migration Literature

4 Mistranslation and the Subversion of the Citizen–Migrant Binary

5 Writing against ‘Crisis’: Defamiliarising the Refugee Narrative in Arabic Literature and Theatre in Berlin

6 Decentring the Metropole: Forced Migration Literature in London and Paris

Conclusion: Imagining Mobility

References

Index

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

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ISBN:

9781399500142

1399500147

OCLC:

1368053186