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Trials of Arab Modernity: Literary Affects and the New Political
by Trials of Arab Modernity: Literary Affects and the New Political
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Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity--which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation--this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahmad Alaidy.
In dialogue with affect theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis, the book reveals these trials to be a violent and ongoing confrontation with and within modernity. In pointed and witty prose, El-Ariss bridges the gap between Nahda (the so-called Arab project of Enlightenment) and postcolonial and postmodern fiction.
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- Modern Language Initiativ Brand
- Apr 15, 2013 Pub Date:
- 9780823251728 ISBN-13:
- 0823251721 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 6 in * 0.7 in * 8.9 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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