Border crossings in naomi Shihab Nye{u2019}s poetry and Manal El Deeb{u2019}s paintings : A comparative study /
Alya Essam Shehata
Border crossings in naomi Shihab Nyes poetry and Manal El Deebs paintings : A comparative study / عبور الحدود في شعر نعومي شهاب ناي وصور ورسوم منال الديب : دراسة مقارنة Alya Essam Shehata ; Supervised Pervine Elrefaei - Cairo : Alya Essam Shehata , 2019 - 166 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.A.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Arts - Department of English
In the light of Gloria Anzalduas Borderlands theory, the proposed dissertation aims at conducting a comparative study of Naomi Shihab Nyes poetry and Manal El Deebs paintings, scrutinizing their personal experiences as Palestinian American artists living between borders. The study will focus on their representations of homeland and their multi-cultural identities, examining the process of crossing borders between their ancestral homeland and the current country they live in, and their historical identities and their daily-lived experiences in different cultures. The dissertation will seek to highlight how both artists destabilize fixed notions of identity, exile, belonging and homeland, while creating and rewriting their own identities/stories to map the homeland. Hence, the phrase 2crossing the border3 used in this study is not a physical act of crossing from one side to another, but rather, it is more of crossing it out as it becomes a bridge connecting both sides, and claiming existence within bothor more realities/cultures. This study will utilize an interdisciplinary approach that will combine cultural studies, border theory, postcolonial theory and exile studies
Borderlands Borders Exile
Border crossings in naomi Shihab Nyes poetry and Manal El Deebs paintings : A comparative study / عبور الحدود في شعر نعومي شهاب ناي وصور ورسوم منال الديب : دراسة مقارنة Alya Essam Shehata ; Supervised Pervine Elrefaei - Cairo : Alya Essam Shehata , 2019 - 166 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.A.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Arts - Department of English
In the light of Gloria Anzalduas Borderlands theory, the proposed dissertation aims at conducting a comparative study of Naomi Shihab Nyes poetry and Manal El Deebs paintings, scrutinizing their personal experiences as Palestinian American artists living between borders. The study will focus on their representations of homeland and their multi-cultural identities, examining the process of crossing borders between their ancestral homeland and the current country they live in, and their historical identities and their daily-lived experiences in different cultures. The dissertation will seek to highlight how both artists destabilize fixed notions of identity, exile, belonging and homeland, while creating and rewriting their own identities/stories to map the homeland. Hence, the phrase 2crossing the border3 used in this study is not a physical act of crossing from one side to another, but rather, it is more of crossing it out as it becomes a bridge connecting both sides, and claiming existence within bothor more realities/cultures. This study will utilize an interdisciplinary approach that will combine cultural studies, border theory, postcolonial theory and exile studies
Borderlands Borders Exile