Ground Zero Narratives: Islam and Muslims in Post-9/11 American Narratives and Arab American Counter-Narratives

Mubarak Altwaiji

doi:10.5771/9781666935646

Summary

Ground Zero Narratives: Islam and Muslims in Post-9/11 American Narratives and Arab American Counter-Narratives presents a dissection of American narratives to understand how 9/11 stories reflect both geopolitical relations and conflicts of our collective present regarding terrorism and counter-terrorism. Mubarak Altwaiji approaches post-9/11 narratives from two opposing perspectives/voices: neutral narratives and political narratives. By doing this, the book provides a neutral cultural territory divorced from geopolitical strategy to understand this new version of American literature and explore the common beliefs and values in it. A third focus, emerging in American literary studies and offering a bridge to those interested in exploring the cultural contributions of Muslim immigrants to American culture, is on the literature of immigrants. It is vital to consider the contribution of Arab American writers as the concepts of culture and co-existence are interlinked.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2023
Copyright Year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-3563-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-3564-6
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 178
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
History and Theory No access Pages 1 - 28
Projection of Arab Terrorism and Nationalism in the White American Novel No access Pages 29 - 66
Representation of Arab Muslim Woman in the White American Novel No access Pages 67 - 108
Construction of Arab Identity in Arab American Counter-Narratives No access Pages 109 - 152
Conclusion No access Pages 153 - 166
Bibliography No access Pages 167 - 174
Index No access Pages 175 - 176
About the Author No access Pages 177 - 178