Contemporary Arabic Literature and Migration : New Poetics and Perspectives.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bianco, Annamaria, editor.

Rayhanova, Baian, editor.

Sibilio, Simone, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants in literature.

Refugees in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Explores various aspects of Arabic literature of migration published over the past three decades, focusing on the aesthetic development of literary production bearing on exile and migration and the critical debates concerning its denomination.

Contents:

Notes on Contributors Note on Transliteration Introduction Annamaria Bianco, Baian Rayhanova and Simone Sibilio Part One Transcultural Aesthetics and Refugee Issues: Challenging Eurocentric Perspectives 1 Reframing the Debate on 'Arab Refugee Literature': The Syrian Response to 'Western' Labelling Simone Sibilio 2 A Matter of Hierarchies and Classificatory Schemes: ?Ali Badr and 'Arab Refugee Literature' Antonio Pacifico 3 Intermedial Aesthetics and Decolonial Knowledge Production in ?asan Balasim's Work Rita Sakr 4 'Tell Us Exactly What Happened': Subverting the Asylum Story in ?amu?il Sham?un's ?Iraqi fi Baris Federico Pozzoli Part Two Forced Displacement, Legacies of War and Their Gendered Dimensions 5 Time and Space in Miral al-?a?awi's Novel Bruklin hayts Baian Rayhanova 6 The Text within the Text in Maha ?asan's and Dima Wannus's Novels Lovisa Berg 7 Syrian Women Speak: Refugee Witnesses in Samar Yazbik's Work Giulia Spadoni 8 A Feminine Poetics of Liminality in Iman ?umaydan's Novels Darejan Gardavadze Part Three Shifting Subjectivities in Diaspora and Refugee Camps 9 The Palestinian Refugee Camp as a Marginal Space: Mukhmal by ?uzama ?abayib Annamaria Bianco 10 Velvet-Wrapped Refugee Life in ?uzama ?abayib's Novels Dorit Gottesfeld 11 Shatila Stories: The 'Nomadic Thought' within the Camp Paola Viviani 12 Manifold Representations of Ghurba in Julan ?aji's Poetry: Translation at the Core of the Creative Process Patrizia Zanelli Part Four Language, Myth and Identity through the Prism of Difference 13 Christian Vernacular in Ya Maryam by Sinan An?un Tetz Rooke 14 An Old Wise Woman Fighting War and Destruction in Isma?il Fahd Isma?il's al-Sabiliyyat Stephan Guth 15 Nuri al-Jarra?'s Poetry: A Saidian Humanistic Reading Francesca Maria Corrao 16 IMedea by Sulayman al-Bassam: From Ancient Myth to Modern Migration Monica Ruocco 17 Refuge Theatre as Crime Fiction in Wa?il Qaddur's Plays Daniela Potenza Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7556-5258-4

0-7556-5256-8

9780755652563

OCLC:

1573146085