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1 online resource (viii, 211 pages) : illustrations |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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"This anthology features some of the work presented at DIWAN: A Forum for the Arts, which was held at the [Arab American National Museum] between March 30 and April 2, 2006"--Foreword. |
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Accompanying CD-ROM contains images of some of the works included in the book. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Contents |
Table of contents; foreword; etching our own image; chapter one; poetry is all i know; angels light words; chapter two; finding our voice; purists and innovators; arab american hip-hop; chapter three; shall we gather in the mountains?; celebrating the hyphen; the strategic voice of western poetics in arab american poetry; chapter four; ""light, freedom and mystical presence""; moving in from the margins; chapter five; stories my father told me; layered, erased, and embedded narratives; chapter six; arab art collectives and the remaking of the whole; the rise of arab american comedy. |
| Summary |
Etching Our Own Image: Voices From Within the Arab American Art Movement is a celebration of Arab American art and identity. In the wake of 9/11, the need for Arab Americans to define themselves, rather than be defined by others has galvanized an artistic movement. This collection of writers includes poets, musicians, playwrights, creative writers, painters, conceptual artists, comedians and scholars of the arts who have gathered to assert for themselves what it means to be Arab American a ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arab American arts.
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Arab American arts. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ameri, Anan.
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Arida, Holly.
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Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, Mich.)
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Arab-American art movement |
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Print version: Etching our own image. Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007 (DLC) 2007531256 (OCoLC)170954905 |
| ISBN |
9781443809511 (electronic book) |
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1443809519 (electronic book) |
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1847181953 |
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9781847181954 |
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