Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism: An Archive, Paperback
de: Tarek El-Ariss
Publicat de: Modern Language Initiative
Anunta-ma cand revine pe stoc!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.
About the Author
Tarek El-Ariss is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas, Austin.
General | |
Anul | 2013 |
Autor | Tarek El-Ariss |
Cod de bare | 9780823251728 |
Editura | Modern Language Initiative |
Dimensiuni | 226.1 x 152.4 |
ISBN | 0823251721 |
Limba | Engleza |
Pagini | 233 |
Format | Brosata |