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6. The Challenge of Anglophone Arab Studies: For a Post-Integrationist Critical Practice 6. 以英语为母语的阿拉伯研究的挑战:后融合主义的批判实践

Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839450482-008

M. Schmitz

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4. Nocturnal Traces and Voyaging Critique: From Shahrazad to Said 4. 夜间痕迹与航海批判:从沙赫拉扎德到赛义德

Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839450482-006

M. Schmitz

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5. Reading Anglophone Arab Enunciations Across Genres: Narrative Display, Performative Evidence, and the Parafiction of Theory 5. 跨体裁阅读以英语为母语的阿拉伯语发音:叙事展示、表演证据和理论范式

Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839450482-007

M. Schmitz

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0. Setting in Motion: The Trans-Location of Anglophone Arab Cultures 0. 启动:以英语为母语的阿拉伯文化的移位

Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839450482-002

M. Schmitz

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3. Khalid’s Book and How Not to Bow Down Before Rihani 3.哈立德的书和如何在蕾哈妮面前不低头

Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839450482-005

M. Schmitz

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Image Credits 图片致谢

Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9783839450482-010

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2. Beginnings as Cultural Novelties: Intertexts and Discursive Affinities 2. 作为文化新颖性的开端:互文和话语亲和力

Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839450482-004

M. Schmitz

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Index 指数

Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9783839450482-011

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0. Setting in Motion: The Trans-Location of Anglophone Arab Cultures 0. 启动:以英语为母语的阿拉伯文化的移位

Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.1515/9783839450482-002

C. Mathison

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Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.14361/9783839450482-009

M. Schmitz

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