Emergence of American Occidentalism in Literature and Culture - The Disguised Identity

This book deciphers its lurking war of ideas-American Occidentalism-where black and white figures wrestle with American identity. Spanning from ancient Greece to the present, it scrutinizes a contested legacy of power, existence, and self-reinvention.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Chapter I: The Rhetoric of Occidentalism
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Greek Seeds of Occidentalism
1.3 Anthropology and Occidentalism
1.4 Cultural Studies and Occidentalism
1.5 American Occidentalist Discourse
1.6 The Anatomy of the Study
Chapter II: The Founding Stage
2.1 Occidentalist Discursive Practices
2.2 American Occidentalism Deployed Abroad
2.3 Nationalist Awareness of Occidentalism
2.4 Black Critical Occidentalism Established
Chapter III: The Expanding Stage
3.1 Americentrism
3.2 White Critical Occidentalists Between the Two Wars
3.3 Black Critical Occidentalism Developed
Chapter IV: The Uncertain Stage
4.1 The Officials, the Elite, and the Media
4.2 Defensive Strategy and White Critical Occidentalism Continued
4.3 Black Critical Occidentalism Fully Burst
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index

Info autore

Muthanna Al-Janabi is an Iraqi scholar and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, specializing in Occidentalism, (post)colonialism, neo-Orientalism, cultural dialogues, (African) American literature, and representations of violence. He earned his BA and MA from the University of Baghdad before completing his PhD at Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany. Through his published articles, Al-Janabi examines shifting global narrativity and its impact on contemporary thought.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Muthanna Al-Janabi
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032882314
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3288231-4
• Pagine: 236
• Serie: Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, North America, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Occidentalism;American Literature