A Prophet in Her Own Town: An Interview with Diana Abu-Jaber

At an afternoon lecture at UCLA, the sort of academic gathering attended primarily by the already converted, an impassioned speaker warns his sparse audience about turning a blind eye to Arabs' growing resentment towards the United States: America simply cannot continue to pillage the natural r...

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Published in:Melus 2006-12, Vol.31 (4), p.207-225
Main Author: Field, Robin E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abu-Jaber, Diana
American literature
Arab people
Authors
Book publishing
Dialects
Families & family life
Foodways
Humor
Immigrants
Interviews
Jazz
Linguistics
Literature
Momaday, N Scott (1934-2024)
Muslims
Novels
Parents
Persian Gulf War
Poetry
Stereotypes
Storytelling
Terrorism
Weapons of mass destruction
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Summary:At an afternoon lecture at UCLA, the sort of academic gathering attended primarily by the already converted, an impassioned speaker warns his sparse audience about turning a blind eye to Arabs' growing resentment towards the United States: America simply cannot continue to pillage the natural resources and economies of other countries, to heap its desires and values, its contempt and greed on the backs of others, and not expect there to be consequences. Arab American readers were less amused, however; in particular they saw the strong dialect spoken by the immigrant characters and the seemingly negative and stereotypical portrayals of Arab men as a betrayal of their already besieged cultural reputation.
ISSN:0163-755X
1946-3170
DOI:10.1093/melus/31.4.207