Revising Culture, Reinventing Peace: The Influence of Edward W. Said

by Naseer Hasan Aruri (Editor), Mohammad A. Shuraydi (Editor)

Throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century, Columbia University professor Edward W. Said's work has been recognized as a major influence on literature, cultural studies, and Palestinian nationalism. Revising Culture, Reinventing Peace examines the influence of Said's work on issues as diverse as the disability rights movement and the future of the Jewish people, the economics of Orientalism and America's fascination with the cultural history of imperial Britain.

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000