Exotic Arabs and American Anxiety: Representations of Culinary Tourism in Diana Abu-Jaber's Crescent

<p>In this essay, I examine the way in which Diana Abu-Jaber's novel, <em>Crescent</em>, presents an exoticised Arabic culture and the relationship of this to a post-9/11 American culture eclipsed by anxieties about terrorism. I am primarily concerned with the text’s represent...

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Main Author: Mandala Camille White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Transnational American Studies
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0gn7h4sk