Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 291 p.) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index. |
Contents |
Arabism and its rivals -- Swarming memories, clashing identities : the case for Lebanon -- Lebanon's myths and legends -- Saïd Akl : the architect of the spirit of the nation -- Particularism as template -- Linguistic Lebanonism -- Toward a Lebanese alphabet, towards a new Middle East. |
Summary |
Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East differs from traditional modern Middle East scholarship in that it reevaluates the images and perceptions that specialists-and Middle Easterners themselves-have normalized and intellectualized about the region, often with a patronizing rejection of the legitimacy and authenticity of non-Arab Middle Eastern peoples, and a refusal to attribute the Middle East's pathologies to causes outside the traditional Arab-Israeli and post-colonial paradigms. |
Language |
English. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Lebanon -- Intellectual life.
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Language and culture -- Lebanon.
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Arabic language -- Social aspects -- Lebanon.
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National characteristics, Lebanese.
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Group identity -- Lebanon.
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HISTORY -- General. |
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Arabic language -- Social aspects |
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Group identity |
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Intellectual life |
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Language and culture |
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National characteristics, Lebanese |
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Lebanon https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkxDDwqVgXRkfpVcpBQMP |
Other Form: |
Print version: Language, memory, and identity in the Middle East Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010. (DLC) 2009052354 |
ISBN |
9780739137406 ebook |
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0739137409 |
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9780739137383 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0739137387 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1282561502 |
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9781282561502 |
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9786612561504 |
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6612561505 |
Standard No. |
9786612561504 |
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