Cultural Entanglement In The Pre Independence Arab World

Author : Anthony Gorman,Sarah Irving
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Arab countries
ISBN : 0755606310

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Cultural Entanglement in the Pre-independence Arab World by Anthony Gorman,Sarah Irving Pdf

"This book examines the ways in which non-Arabic cultural influences interacted with the rich, complex and sometimes conflictual environment of the Arab world in the pre-independence era. It comprises a series of 11 detailed case studies, including topics such as the songs of Egyptian forced labourers in the British Army in World War I, the translation and commentary of an Ottoman text in interwar Palestine, and the contested use of French in the Algerian independence movement, that highlight the complex interplay of colonial pressures, traditional and novel art forms, local and international practices, notions of identity and belonging. The book demonstrates how the interaction between Arabic and non-Arabic cultural and intellectual production as well as influences from imperial Europe and the Islamic East, have in various times and spaces inspired creative tensions which challenge binary views of East-West relations and the standard imperialist-colonial frameworks. In this sense the volume seeks to offer a critique of both established modernising conceptions of cultural development and nationalist, nativist frameworks based on the values of a specific political project."--

Author : Anthony Gorman,Sarah Irving
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755606306

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Cultural Entanglement in the Pre-Independence Arab World by Anthony Gorman,Sarah Irving Pdf

This book examines the ways in which non-Arabic cultural influences interacted with the rich, complex and sometimes conflictual environment of the Arab world in the pre-independence era. It comprises a series of 11 detailed case studies, including topics such as the songs of Egyptian forced labourers in the British Army in World War I, the translation and commentary of an Ottoman text in interwar Palestine, and the contested use of French in the Algerian independence movement, that highlight the complex interplay of colonial pressures, traditional and novel art forms, local and international practices, notions of identity and belonging. The book demonstrates how the interaction between Arabic and non-Arabic cultural and intellectual production as well as influences from imperial Europe and the Islamic East, have in various times and spaces inspired creative tensions which challenge binary views of East-West relations and the standard imperialist-colonial frameworks. In this sense the volume seeks to offer a critique of both established modernising conceptions of cultural development and nationalist, nativist frameworks based on the values of a specific political project.

Author : Nadeen Dakkak
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000838619

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Narratives of Dislocation in the Arab World by Nadeen Dakkak Pdf

This monograph explores and investigates narratives of physical, psychological, and emotional dislocation that take place within the Arab world, approaching them as manifestations of the Arabic word ghurba, or estrangement, as a feeling and state of being. Distancing itself from the centrality of the "West" in postcolonial and Arabic literary studies, the book explores experiences of migration, displacement and cosmopolitanism that do not directly ensue from the encounter with Europe or the European other. Covering texts from the Levant, Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula and beyond from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, the book grounds narratives of dislocation in the political, social and cultural structures that affect the everyday lived experiences of individuals and communities. An analysis of Arabic, Turkish and English texts – encompassing fiction, memoirs and translations – highlights less visible narratives of ghurba, specifically amongst ethnic minorities and religious communities. Ultimately, the chapters contribute to a picture of the Arab world as a place of ghurba where mobile and immobile subjects, foreigners and local inhabitants alike, encounter alienation. Bringing together a diverse range of academic perspectives, the book will be of interest to students and scholars in postcolonial and comparative literary studies, history, and Arabic and Middle East studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780755647422

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The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment by Anonim Pdf

What was popular entertainment like for everyday Arab societies in Middle Eastern cities during the long nineteenth century? In what ways did café culture, theatre, illustrated periodicals, cinema, cabarets, and festivals serve as key forms of popular entertainment for Arabic-speaking audiences, many of whom were uneducated and striving to contend with modernity's anxiety-inducing realities? Studies on the 19th to mid-20th century's transformative cultural movement known as the Arab nahda (renaissance), have largely focussed on concerns with nationalism, secularism, and language, often told from the perspective of privileged groups. Highlighting overlooked aspects of this movement, this book shifts the focus away from elite circles to quotidian audiences. Its ten contributions range in scope, from music and visual media to theatre and popular fiction. Paying special attention to networks of movement and exchange across Arab societies in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Morocco, this book heeds the call for 'translocal/transnational' cultural histories, while contributing to timely global studies on gender, sexuality, and morality. Focusing on the often-marginalized frequenters of cafés, artist studios, cinemas, nightclubs, and the streets, it expands the remit of who participated in the nahda and how they did.

Author : Maria Alessia Rossi,Alice Isabella Sullivan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110695618

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Eclecticism in Late Medieval Visual Culture at the Crossroads of the Latin, Greek, and Slavic Traditions by Maria Alessia Rossi,Alice Isabella Sullivan Pdf

This volume builds upon the new worldwide interest in the global Middle Ages. It investigates the prismatic heritage and eclectic artistic production of Eastern Europe between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries, while challenging the temporal and geographical parameters of the study of medieval, Byzantine, post-Byzantine, and early-modern art. Contact and interchange between primarily the Latin, Greek, and Slavic cultural spheres resulted in local assimilations of select elements that reshaped the artistic landscapes of regions of the Balkan Peninsula, the Carpathian Mountains, and further north. The specificities of each region, and, in modern times, politics and nationalistic approaches, have reinforced the tendency to treat them separately, preventing scholars from questioning whether the visual output could be considered as an expression of a shared history. The comparative and interdisciplinary framework of this volume provides a holistic view of the visual culture of these regions by addressing issues of transmission and appropriation, as well as notions of cross-cultural contact, while putting on the global map of art history the eclectic artistic production of Eastern Europe.

Author : Richard Jacquemond,Felix Lang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786726322

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Culture and Crisis in the Arab World by Richard Jacquemond,Felix Lang Pdf

Since 2011, the art of the Arab uprisings has been the subject of much scholarly and popular attention. Yet the role of artists, writers and filmmakers themselves as social actors working under extraordinary conditions has been relatively neglected. Drawing on critical readings of Bourdieu's Field Theory, this book explores the production of culture in Arab social spaces in 'crisis'. In ten case studies, contributors examine a wide range of countries and conflicts, from Algeria to the Arab countries of the Gulf. They discuss among other things the impact of Western public diplomacy organisations on the arts scene in post-revolutionary Cairo and the consequences of dwindling state support for literary production in Yemen. Providing a valuable source of empirical data for researchers, the book breaks new ground in adapting Bourdieu's theory to the particularities of cultural production in the Middle East and North Africa.

Author : Elie Mikhael Nasrallah
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-27
Category : Arab countries
ISBN : 9781460282786

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Hostage to History by Elie Mikhael Nasrallah Pdf

"People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them." -James Arthur Baldwin People, like you, all over the world are asking a serious question, demanding a credible answer: what happened to Arab culture and its peoples? Elie Mikhael Nasrallah addresses this subject as a son of that culture and as a critic from within. "What is wrong, really wrong, with the Arab world" he asks. "The theme of this book is: it's the culture, stupid " Like a social science surgeon, he takes the reader into the dark alleys of contemporary Arab cultural conditions and political collapse. In fact, he shows how the lack of freedom, women's oppression, sexual repression, illiteracy, political tyranny, outdated educational system, the mixing of religion and politics, and the curse of oil have all led to present-day catastrophic upheaval and Arab state-system disintegration, destruction and decay in most Arab lands. He provides readers with a 12-point prescription for salvaging a civilization that has lost its way and needs to re-join modernity and history....

Author : Halim Isber Barakat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0520079078

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The Arab World by Halim Isber Barakat Pdf

Presents an analysis of Arab culture and society.

Author : Ottmar Ette
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173019643452

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ArabAmericas by Ottmar Ette Pdf

Author : Halim Barakat
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1993-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0520914422

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The Arab World by Halim Barakat Pdf

This wide-ranging examination of Arab society and culture offers a unique opportunity to know the Arab world from an Arab point of view. Halim Barakat, an expatriate Syrian who is both scholar and novelist, emphasizes the dynamic changes and diverse patterns that have characterized the Middle East since the mid-nineteenth century. The Arab world is not one shaped by Islam, nor one simply explained by reference to the sectarian conflicts of a "mosaic" society. Instead, Barakat reveals a society that is highly complex, with many and various contending polarities. It is a society in a state of becoming and change, one whose social contradictions are at the root of the struggle to transcend dehumanizing conditions. Arguing from a perspective that is both radical and critical, Barakat is committed to the improvement of human conditions in the Arab world.

Author : George Nicholas Atiyeh
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002577883

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Arab and American Cultures by George Nicholas Atiyeh Pdf

Arab and American intellectuals examine and explain the visions that Americans and Arabs hold of their own cultures, to promote intercultural understanding.

Author : Elizabeth Warnock Fernea,Robert A. Fernea
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040610043

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The Arab World by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea,Robert A. Fernea Pdf

In an updated and expanded edition of their classic, "The Arab World", Robert and Elizabeth Fernea revisit the Middle Eastern towns and cities they have known since the 1950s in light of the cataclysmic social and political upheavals that have occurred since the book's original publication. The authors reveal the human face of the Arab world as they revisit and talk with newsmakers and colleagues, old friends and new. photos.

Author : Nabih Amin Faris,Muhammed Tawfik Husayn
Publisher : Lawrence : University of Kansas Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119369309

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The Crescent in Crisis by Nabih Amin Faris,Muhammed Tawfik Husayn Pdf

The Crescent In Crisis is a book that provides an interpretive study of the modern Arab world. Written by Nabih Amin Faris, the book delves into the political, social, and economic challenges that have plagued the Arab world in recent times. The author examines the historical context of the Arab world, tracing its roots to the Islamic Golden Age and the Ottoman Empire. He then explores the factors that have contributed to the current crisis, including colonialism, authoritarianism, and the failure of Arab nationalism. Faris also analyzes the impact of external factors such as the Cold War, the Gulf War, and the War on Terror on the Arab world. He argues that these events have exacerbated the crisis and created a sense of disillusionment among Arab people. The book also examines the role of Islam in the Arab world, exploring the tensions between traditional Islamic values and modernity. Overall, The Crescent In Crisis provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges facing the Arab world today. It offers insights into the historical, political, and cultural factors that have contributed to the crisis, and provides a nuanced understanding of the complex issues at play. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the Middle East, international politics, and global affairs.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author : Salam Hawa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0429424620

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Reimagining Arab Political Identity by Salam Hawa Pdf

"This book discusses the idea that Arab cultural and political identity has been suppressed by centuries of dominance by imperial outsiders and by religious and nationalist ideologies with the result that present day Arab societies are characterised by a crisis of identity where fundamentalism or chaos seem to be the only available choices. Tracing developments from pre-Islamic times through to the present, the book analyses the evolution of Arab political identity through a multi-layered lens, including memory and forgetting, social and cultural norms, local laws, poetry, dance, attitudes to women, foreigners and animals, ancient historical narratives and more. It argues that Arab societies have much to gain by recovering the "happy memory" of Arab culture as it was before being distorted"--

Author : Tarik Sabry,Joe F. Khalil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Arab countries
ISBN : 1788316436

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Culture, Time and Publics in the Arab World by Tarik Sabry,Joe F. Khalil Pdf

"In this revealing new study, Tarik Sabry and Joe Khalil preside over an original new exploration of Arab culture. They employ subjects as varied as anthropology, media studies, philosophy, political economy and cultural studies to illuminate the relationship between culture, time and publics in an Arab context, whilst also laying the foundations for a much more nuanced picture of Arab society. The diverse themes and locations explored include communities at borders, in rural and urban locations, Syrian drama audiences, Egyptian, Saudi and Tunisian artists and activists and historical and contemporary Arab intellectuals. This fresh empirical research and interdisciplinary analysis illuminate intricate experiences that transcend local, national and religious boundaries and expose how Arab publics combine the media and technology to create a rich experience that shapes their collective imagination and social structure. Providing a grounded orientation to key debates on time and what can be defined as public in modern Arab cultures, Sabry and Khalil address teachers, students and those concerned about the delicate structures that underpin the upheavals of the modern Arab world."--Bloomsbury Publishing.