In the field of American studies, attention is shifting to the long historyof U.S. engagement with the Middle East, especially in the aftermath of warin Iraq and in the context of recent Arab uprisings in protest against economicinequality, social discrimination, and political repression. Here, AlexLubin and Marwan M. Kraidy curate a new collection of essays that focuseson the cultural politics of America's entanglement with the Middle Eastand North Africa, making a crucial intervention in the growing subfield oftransnational American studies. Featuring a diverse list of contributors fromthe United States, the Arab world, and beyond, America Studies Encountersthe Middle East analyzes Arab-American relations by looking at the War onTerror, pop culture, and the influence of the American hegemony in a timeof revolution.
- ISBN13 9781469630137
- Publish Date 1 October 2016 (first published 12 September 2016)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 6 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English