Date of Award
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English Composition
Department
English
First Advisor
Gil-Gomez, Ellen
Second Advisor
Rhodes, Jacqueline
Third Advisor
Yousif, Salaam
Abstract
In her novel Arabian Jazz, Diana Abu-Jaber attempts to explore the Arab American identity as something new; as an identity that exists related to, but ultimately separate from, the Arab and American identities from which it was originally created. This thesis discusses the emergence of the depiction of the Arab American female identity in the novel, examining how the characters explore issues of race, class, imperialism, and sex within both the Arab and the American cultures as those issues shape female identity. The thesis also presents a rhetorical analysis of the speeches that allow the characters a voice with respect to how identity is shaped and reshaped throughout the novel.
Recommended Citation
Khoury, Nicole Michelle, "Hybrid identity and Arab/American feminism in Diana Abu-Jaber's Arabian Jazz" (2005). Theses Digitization Project. 2862.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2862
Included in
Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority Commons, Women's Studies Commons
