Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East

Download or read book Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East written by Franck Salameh and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East differs from traditional modern Middle East scholarship in that it reevaluates the images and perceptions that specialists-and Middle Easterners themselves-have normalized and intellectualized about the region, often with a patronizing rejection of the legitimacy and authenticity of non-Arab Middle Eastern peoples, and a refusal to attribute the Middle East's pathologies to causes outside the traditional Arab-Israeli and post-colonial paradigms.