From the Editors:
In this issue, we are proud to feature articles that explore the production and circulation of knowledge from diverse disciplines and approaches. In “Egyptian Textbooks in Times of Change, 1952–1980,” Farida Makar and Ehaab D. Abdou trace the production and transformation of historical metanarratives within Egypt’s post-1952 educational bureaucracy. By exploring the bureaucracy as a site of knowledge production, they provide a nuanced portrait of the processes by which changing political contexts inform textbook content. In “Reconceptualizing Algeria in Italy: Amara Lakhous and Leonardo Sciascia,” Claudia Esposito argues that reading these two authors through a transcolonial lens can provide tools to decolonize studies of the Mediterranean. Developing Aldo Moro’s concept of converging parallels, Esposito reveals how Lakhous’s use of the giallo crime novel genre permits new kinds of readings of Algeria and the Maghrib, and new understand- ings of power, corruption, and memory that transcend the national frame. Esposito’s article is the first in a series of articles expounding new approaches to Maghrib studies, assembled by guest editor Brahim El Guabli, which will continue in Arab Studies Journal’s Fall 2021 issue. Finally, in “Arab Critical Culture and Its (Palestinian) Discontents after the Second World War,” Adey. . . [read more] |
(VOL. XXIX, NO. 1): SPRING 2021 Table of Contents ARTICLES Egyptian Textbooks in Times of Change, 1952–1980 Farida Makar and Ehaab D. Abdou Reconceptualizing Algeria in Italy: Amara Lakhous and Leonardo Sciascia Claudia Esposito Arab Critical Culture and Its (Palestinian) Discontents after the Second World War Adey Almohsen REVIEWS Spiritual Subjects: Central Asian Pilgrims and the Ottoman Hajj at the End of Empire by Lâle Can Reviewed by Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky Popular Fiction, Translation and the Nahda in Egypt by Samah Selim Reviewed by Adéla Provazníková Feminism and Avant-Garde Aesthetics in the Levantine Novel by Kifah Hanna Reviewed by Rachel Green Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830-1930 by Judith Surkis Reviewed by Darcie Fontaine Mobilizing Memory: The Great War and the Languages of Politics in Colonial Algeria, 1918-39 by Dónal Hassett Reviewed by Jim House L’Algérie face à la catastrophe suspendue. Gérer la crise et blâmer le peuple sous Bouteflika (1999–2014) by Thomas Serres Reviewed by Ratiba Hadj-Moussa The Dynamics of Exclusionary Constitutionalism: Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State by Mazen Masri Reviewed by Raef Zreik Revolution and Disenchantment: Arab Marxism and the Binds of Emancipation by Fadi A. Bardawil Reviewed by Nate George |