Narratives of Dislocation in the Arab World
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, dis...
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, dis...