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9781557862297

Edward Said A Critical Reader

by Sprinker, Michael
  • ISBN13:

    9781557862297

  • ISBN10:

    155786229X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-03-02
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Michael Sprinker is also Assistant to Associate Professor of English at Oregon State University.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Connections with Palestine
Overlapping Territories and Intertwined Histories: Edward Said's Postcolonial Cosmopolitanism
The East is a Career: Edward Said and the Logics of Professionalism
Places of Mind, Occupied Lands: Edward Said and Philology
Worldliness-without-World, Homelessness-as-Home: Towards a Definition of the Specular Border Intellectual
Antinomies of Exile: Said at the Frontiers of National Narration
East of Said
The Resonance of the Arab-Islamic Heritage in the Work of Edward Said
The Palestinian Intellectual and the Liberation of the Academy
Their Own Words? An Essay for Edward Said
Interview with Edward Said
Select Bibliography of Edward Said's Work
Notes on Contributors
Index
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