Arab Brazil : fictions of tertiary orientalism / Waïl S. Hassan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hassan, Waïl S., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazilian fiction--20th century--Themes, motives.

Brazilian fiction.

Arabs in literature.

Muslims in literature.

Arabs on television.

Muslims on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 328 pages) : ǂb illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Arab-Brazilian relations have been largely invisible to area studies and comparative literature scholarship. 'Arab Brazil' is the first book of its kind to highlight the representation of Arab and Muslim immigrants in Brazilian literature and popular culture since the early twentieth century, revealing anxieties and contradictions in the country's ideologies of national identity. Author Wal S. Hassan analyzes these representations in a century of Brazilian novels, short stories, and telenovelas.

Contents:

Introduction: Mistura and Ternary Orientalism

1. Oriental Wisdom: Malba Tahan and Humberto de Campos

2. Merchants to Landowners: Cecílio Carneiro and Permínio Asfora

3. Arab Bahia: Jorge Amado

4. Parable of Integration: Raduan Nassar

5. Amazonian Orient: Milton Hatoum

6. Feline Mermaid: Ana Miranda

7. Islam on Primetime TV: O Clone

8. Shahrazad in the Tropics: Nélida Piñon

9. Brazilian Mu'allaqa: Alberto Mussa

10. Al-​Andalus Re-​Imagined: Gilberto Abrão and João Almino

11. Syrian Refugees: Órfãos da terra

Conclusion: It's All in the Kibbeh.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Hassan, Waïl S. Arab Brazil

ISBN:

0-19-768879-9

0-19-768877-2

0-19-768878-0

OCLC:

1411308102