Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East The Case for Lebanon |
|
Author:
| Salameh, Franck |
ISBN: | 978-0-7391-3740-6 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2010 |
Publisher: | Ebsco Publishing
|
Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $80.00 |
Book Description:
|
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...
More DescriptionLanguage, 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.