The Holy Land in Transit - (Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms) by Steven Salaita (Hardcover)
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- Steven Salaita's ambitious and thought-provoking work compares the dynamics of settler colonialism in the United States related to Native Americans with the circumstances in Israel related to the Palestinians, revealing the way in which politics influences literary production.
- About the Author: Steven Salaita is assistant professor of English at Virginia Tech.
- 246 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Native American
- Series Name: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms
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Steven Salaita's ambitious and thought-provoking work compares the dynamics of settler colonialism in the United States related to Native Americans with the circumstances in Israel related to the Palestinians, revealing the way in which politics influences literary production.
The author's original approach is based not on similarities between the two disparate settler regions but rather on similarities between the rhetoric employed by early colonialists in North America and that employed by Zionist immigrants in Palestine. Meticulously examining histories, theories, and literary depictions of colonialism and its interethnic dialects, Salaita identifies the commonalities in the myths employed by both groups as well as the "counter-discourse" cultivated in the literature of resistance by native peoples. He complements his analysis with personal observations of Palestinians in Lebanese refuge camps, where he encountered a sympathetic perception of American Indians. The Holy Land in Transit presents one of the first intercommunal studies to assess the ways in which indigenous authors react to analogous colonial dynamics. With great perception and energy the author offers a fresh contribution to an emerging frame of reference for historical, political, literary, and cultural investigation.About the Author
Steven Salaita is assistant professor of English at Virginia Tech. He also serves as executive director of the Radius of Arab American Writers, Incorporated (RAWI) and is the author of two other books, Anti-Arab Racism in the U.S.A. and Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and Politics.Dimensions (Overall): 9.42 Inches (H) x 6.08 Inches (W) x .74 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 246
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: Native American
Series Title: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Steven Salaita
Language: English
Street Date: November 3, 2006
TCIN: 1003739652
UPC: 9780815631255
Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-1794
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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