Markus Schmitz

Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies

The Poetics and Ethics of Anglophone Arab Representations

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This book explores the formative correlations and inventive transmissions of Anglophone Arab representations ranging from early 20th century Mahjar writings to contemporary transnational Palestinian resistance art. Tracing multiple beginnings and seminal intertexts, the comparative study of dissonant truth-making presents critical readings in which the notion of cross-cultural translation gets displaced and strategic unreliability, representational opacity, or matters of act advance to essential qualities of the discussed works' aesthetic devices and ethical concerns. Questioning conventional interpretive approaches, Markus Schmitz shows what… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-8376-5048-8
EAN: 9783837650488
Produktnummer: 32682364
Verlag: Transcript Verlag
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 300 S.
Masse: H22.1 cm x B15.4 cm x D2.5 cm 468 g
Abbildungen: Klebebindung, 11 SW-Abbildungen, 34 Farbabbildungen
Reihenbandnummer: 39
Gewicht: 468

Über den Autor

Markus Schmitz teaches Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at Münster University, Germany. His research revolves around (Anglophone) Arab Representations, Relational Diasporic Studies, Theories of Cross-Cultural Comparison, Forced Migration and Border Regimes, and (Counter-)Archival Arts.