Excavating Mashriqi Roots in the Mahjar: Agriculture and Assimilation in Raduan Nassar's Lavoura arcaica
First- and second-generation Levantine authors in Brazil have turned to the novel as a means of both excavating ancient Mashriqi roots and negotiating new Mahjari identities. Plantations, farms, and other agrarian spaces have typically played an important role in their literary negotiations of dif...
Main Author: | Silvia C. Ferreira |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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North Carolina State University, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
2021-02-01
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Series: | Mashriq & Mahjar |
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Online Access: | https://lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/mashriq/article/view/38 |
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