BlackArab Encounters in Literature and Film (R, Khannous..

BlackArab Encounters in Literature and Film (R, Khannous..

Taylor & Francis

BlackArab Encounters in Literature and FilmAuthor(s): Touria Khannous\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138615700, 978-1138615700\nSynopsis\nThis book investigates how representations of Black Africans have been negotiated over time in Arabic literature and film. \n\nThe book offers direct readings of a representative selection of primary texts, shedding light on the divergent ways these authors understood race across different genres, including pre-Islamic classical poetry, polemical essays, travel narratives, novels, and films. Starting with the first recognized Black-Arab poet Antara Ibn Shaddad (580 [url] and extending right up to the present day, the works examined illuminate the changes in consciousness that attended Black Africans as they negotiated their position in Arab society. In a twist to Edward Saids Orientalism, the book argues that scholars in the Middle East and North Africa generated a hierarchic.

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