In the field of American studies, attention is shifting to the long
history of U.S. engagement with the Middle East, especially in the
aftermath of war in Iraq and in the context of recent Arab
uprisings in protest against economic inequality, social
discrimination, and political repression. Here, Alex Lubin and
Marwan M. Kraidy curate a new collection of essays that focuses on
the cultural politics of America's entanglement with the Middle
East and North Africa, making a crucial intervention in the growing
subfield of transnational American studies. Featuring a diverse
list of contributors from the United States, the Arab world, and
beyond,
American Studies Encounters the Middle East analyzes
Arab-American relations by looking at the War on Terror, pop
culture, and the influence of the American hegemony in a time of
revolution.
Contributors include Christina Moreno Almeida, Ashley Dawson, Brian
T. Edwards, Waleed Hazbun, Craig Jones, Osamah Khalil, Mounira
Soliman, Helga Tawil-Souri, Judith E. Tucker, Adam John Waterman,
and Rayya El Zein.