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New Literature and Philosophy of the Middle East
The Chaotic Imagination
Av J. Mohaghegh
Inbunden, 2010
634 kr
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Mohaghegh tracks the idea of 'chaos' into the contemporary philosophical and cultural imagination of the postcolonial world, exploring its vital role in the formation of an emergent avant-garde literature in the Middle East, concentrating on the writings of the twentieth-century Iranian new wave.
Islam in the Eastern African Novel
Inbunden, 2011
1260 kr
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This study of the sub-Saharan African novel interprets representations of Islam as a central organising presence that generates new conceptual questions and demands new critical frameworks with which to approach categories like nationhood, race, diaspora, immigration, and Africa's multiple colonial …
Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature
Portraits of Cairo
Av M. Naaman
Inbunden, 2011
634 kr
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An examination of how the space of the downtown served dual purposes as both a symbol of colonial influence and capital in Egypt, as well as a staging ground for the demonstrations of the Egyptian nationalist movement.
Poetics and Politics of Iran’s National Epic, the Sh?hn?meh
Av M. Omidsalar
Inbunden, 2011
634 kr
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This book considers some of the Western interpretations of The Shahnameh - Iran's national epic, and argues that these interpretations are not only methodologically flawed, but are also more revealing of Western concerns and anxieties about Iran than they are about the Shahnameh.
Literature, Gender, and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Egypt
The Life and Works of `A'isha Taymur
Av M. Hatem
Inbunden, 2011
1260 kr
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This book examines how the process of nation-building in Egypt helped transform Egypt from an Ottoman province to an Arabic speaking national community. Through the discussion of the life and works of the prominent writer `A'isha Taymur, Hatem gives insight into how literature and the changing …
Global Perspectives on Orhan Pamuk
Existentialism and Politics
Inbunden, 2012
634 kr
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Explores existential and political themes in Orhan Pamuk's work and investigates the apparent contradictions in an arena where Islam and democracy are often seen as opposing and irreconcilable terms. Existential themes delve into literary nuances in Pamuk that discuss love, happiness, suffering, …
Islam, Migrancy, and Hospitality in Europe
Av M. Yegenoglu
Inbunden, 2012
1260 kr
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This book cuts across important debates in cultural studies, literary criticism, politics, sociology, and anthropology. Meyda Yegenoglu brings together different theoretical strands in the debates regarding immigration, from Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic understanding of the subject formation, to …
Iranian Cinema and Philosophy
Shooting Truth
Inbunden, 2011
585 kr
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In film studies, Iranian films are kept at a distance, as 'other,' different, and exotic. In reponse, this book takes these films as philosophically relevant and innovative. Each chapter of this book is devoted to analyzing a single film, and each chapter focuses on one philosopher and one …
Gender, Sex, and the City
Urdu Rekhti Poetry in India, 1780-1870
Av R. Vanita
Inbunden, 2012
634 kr
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Explores the urban, cosmopolitan sensibilities of Urdu poetry written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Lucknow. Ruth Vanita analyzes Rekhti, a type of Urdu poetry distinguished by a female speaker and a focus on women's lives, and shows how it becamea catalyst for the …
Egyptian Colloquial Poetry in the Modern Arabic Canon
New Readings of Shi‘r al-‘?mmiyya
Av N. Radwan
Inbunden, 2012
634 kr
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Noha Radwan offers the first book-length study of the emergence, context, and development of modern Egyptian colloquial poetry, recently used as a vehicle for communications in the revolutionary youth movement in Egypt on January 25th 2011, and situates it among modernist Arab poetry.
Catastrophe and Exile in the Modern Palestinian Imagination
Telling Memories
Av I. Saloul
Inbunden, 2012
697 kr
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Catastrophe and Exile in the Modern Palestinian Imagination explores the cultural memory of al-Nakba (1948 Israeli independence, or The Catastrophe as it is known in Palestine) and its significance to the modern Palestinian imagination. Ihab Saloul addresses central concepts to debates over …
Urdu Literary Culture
Vernacular Modernity in the Writing of Muhammad Hasan Askari
Av M. Farooqi
Inbunden, 2012
634 kr
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Urdu Literary Culture examines the impact of political circumstances on vernacular (Urdu) literary culture through an in-depth study of the writings of Muhammad Hasan Askari, who lived during the Partition of India.
Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry
Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf
Av S. Antoon
Inbunden, 2014
634 kr
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The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature. Antoon traces the genealogy of this fascinating genre in and examines its rise by placing it …
Authority without Territory
The Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili Imamate
Av Daryoush Mohammad Poor, Kenneth A. Loparo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1096 kr
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Examining the connection between the concept of authority and the transformation of the Ismaili imamate, Authority without Territory is the first study of the imamate in contemporary times with a particular focus on Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary leader of Shi?a Imami Ismaili Muslims.
Feminism and Avant-Garde Aesthetics in the Levantine Novel
Feminism, Nationalism, and the Arabic Novel
Av K. Hanna
Inbunden, 2016
634 kr
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Writing in response to war and national crisis, al-Samm?n, Khal?feh, Barak?t, and others introduced into the Arabic literary canon aesthetic forms capable of carrying Levantine women's experiences. By assessing their feminism in such a way, this book aims to revive a critical emphasis on aesthetics …
New Literature and Philosophy of the Middle East
The Chaotic Imagination
Av J. Mohaghegh
Häftad, 2010
633 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Mohaghegh tracks the idea of 'chaos' into the contemporary philosophical and cultural imagination of the postcolonial world, exploring its vital role in the formation of an emergent avant-garde literature in the Middle East, concentrating on the writings of the twentieth-century Iranian new wave.
Islam in the Eastern African Novel
Häftad, 2011
1258 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study of the sub-Saharan African novel interprets representations of Islam as a central organising presence that generates new conceptual questions and demands new critical frameworks with which to approach categories like nationhood, race, diaspora, immigration, and Africa's multiple colonial …
Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature
Portraits of Cairo
Av M. Naaman
Häftad, 2011
633 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An examination of how the space of the downtown served dual purposes as both a symbol of colonial influence and capital in Egypt, as well as a staging ground for the demonstrations of the Egyptian nationalist movement.
Poetics and Politics of Iran’s National Epic, the Sh?hn?meh
Av M. Omidsalar
Häftad, 2011
633 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book considers some of the Western interpretations of The Shahnameh - Iran's national epic, and argues that these interpretations are not only methodologically flawed, but are also more revealing of Western concerns and anxieties about Iran than they are about the Shahnameh.
Global Perspectives on Orhan Pamuk
Existentialism and Politics
Häftad, 2012
633 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Explores existential and political themes in Orhan Pamuk's work and investigates the apparent contradictions in an arena where Islam and democracy are often seen as opposing and irreconcilable terms. Existential themes delve into literary nuances in Pamuk that discuss love, happiness, suffering, …
Islam, Migrancy, and Hospitality in Europe
Av M. Yegenoglu
Häftad, 2012
1258 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book cuts across important debates in cultural studies, literary criticism, politics, sociology, and anthropology. Meyda Yegenoglu brings together different theoretical strands in the debates regarding immigration, from Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic understanding of the subject formation, to …
Iranian Cinema and Philosophy
Shooting Truth
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In film studies, Iranian films are kept at a distance, as 'other,' different, and exotic. In reponse, this book takes these films as philosophically relevant and innovative. Each chapter of this book is devoted to analyzing a single film, and each chapter focuses on one philosopher and one …
Gender, Sex, and the City
Urdu Rekhti Poetry in India, 1780-1870
Av R. Vanita
Häftad, 2012
634 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Explores the urban, cosmopolitan sensibilities of Urdu poetry written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Lucknow. Ruth Vanita analyzes Rekhti, a type of Urdu poetry distinguished by a female speaker and a focus on women's lives, and shows how it becamea catalyst for the …
Egyptian Colloquial Poetry in the Modern Arabic Canon
New Readings of Shi‘r al-‘?mmiyya
Av N. Radwan
Häftad, 2012
634 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Noha Radwan offers the first book-length study of the emergence, context, and development of modern Egyptian colloquial poetry, recently used as a vehicle for communications in the revolutionary youth movement in Egypt on January 25th 2011, and situates it among modernist Arab poetry.
Catastrophe and Exile in the Modern Palestinian Imagination
Telling Memories
Av I. Saloul
Häftad, 2012
697 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Catastrophe and Exile in the Modern Palestinian Imagination explores the cultural memory of al-Nakba (1948 Israeli independence, or The Catastrophe as it is known in Palestine) and its significance to the modern Palestinian imagination. Ihab Saloul addresses central concepts to debates over …
Urdu Literary Culture
Vernacular Modernity in the Writing of Muhammad Hasan Askari
Av M. Farooqi
Häftad, 2012
634 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Urdu Literary Culture examines the impact of political circumstances on vernacular (Urdu) literary culture through an in-depth study of the writings of Muhammad Hasan Askari, who lived during the Partition of India.
Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry
Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf
Av S. Antoon
Häftad, 2014
634 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature. Antoon traces the genealogy of this fascinating genre in and examines its rise by placing it …
Authority without Territory
The Aga Khan Development Network and the Ismaili Imamate
Av Daryoush Mohammad Poor, Kenneth A. Loparo
Häftad, 2015
1096 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Examining the connection between the concept of authority and the transformation of the Ismaili imamate, Authority without Territory is the first study of the imamate in contemporary times with a particular focus on Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary leader of Shi?a Imami Ismaili Muslims.
Feminism and Avant-Garde Aesthetics in the Levantine Novel
Feminism, Nationalism, and the Arabic Novel
Av K. Hanna
Häftad, 2017
634 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Writing in response to war and national crisis, al-Samm?n, Khal?feh, Barak?t, and others introduced into the Arabic literary canon aesthetic forms capable of carrying Levantine women's experiences. By assessing their feminism in such a way, this book aims to revive a critical emphasis on aesthetics …
Qur’an and the Aesthetics of Premodern Arabic Prose
Häftad, 2018
509 kr
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This book approaches the Qur’an as a primary source for delineating the definition of ugliness, and by extension beauty, and in turn establishing meaningful tools and terms for literary criticism within the discipline of classical Arabic literature (adab). Focusing on the aesthetic dimension of the …
