Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 416 g
Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 416 g
ISBN: 978-1-55786-229-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
This volume is the first book-length examination of Said's remarkable career, providing a critical survey of his writings and an interim assessment of his achievements in both the cultural and political spheres. This collection includes essays on the Arab-Islamic context of Said's work, his reception among Israeli and American Jews, the institutional contexts of his cultural criticism, and his interventions in Middle Eastern politics.
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Introduction: Michael Sprinker (State University of New York, Stony Brook).
1. Connections with Palestine: Nubar Hovsepian (American Council for Palestine Affairs, New York).
2. Overlapping Territories and Intertwined Histories: Edward Said's Postcolonial Cosmopolitanism: Benita Parry.
3. The East is a Career: Edward Said and the Logics of Professionalism: Bruce Robbins.
4. Places of Mind, Occupied Lands: Edward Said and Philology: Timothy Brennan (University of Michigan, Purdue University).
5. Worldliness-without-World, Homelessness-as-Home: Towards a Definition of the Specular Border Intellectual: Abdul R. JanMohamed (University of California, Berkeley).
6. Antinomies of Exile: Said at the Frontiers of National Narration: Ella Shohat (City University of New York).
7. East of Said: Richard G. Fox (Duke University, Durham).
8. The Resonance of the Arab-Islamic Heritage in the Work of Edward Said: Ferial J. Ghazoul (American University in Cairo, Egypt).
9. The Palestinian Intellectual and the Liberation of the Academy: Barbara Harlow (University of Texas at Austin).
10. Their Own Words? An Essay for Edward Said: Partha Chatterjee Interview with Edward Said: Jennifer Wicke and Michael Sprinker.
Select Bibliography of Edward Said's Work.
Notes on Contributors.
Index.
