Writing the Arab-Australian narrative: The development of new autobiographical and semi-autobiographical literature on Arab-Australian Muslim male identities from Western Sydney
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Michael Mohammed Ahmad
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Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Western Sydney University (Australia)
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2016
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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136
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=9781073964277
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
D.C.A.
Body granting the degree
Western Sydney University (Australia)
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2016
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This thesis consists of an exegesis, 'White Fantasies and Black Fictions', and a creative work, 'The Lebs'. Together they analyse current representations of Arab- Australian Muslim male identity in Western Sydney, and offer alternatives through the medium of autobiographical fiction.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Creative writing; Arabs; Novels; Males; Politics; Men; Cultural background; Teachers; Secondary school students; Literature; Attitudes; Social classes; Creativity; Writing; Cultural identity; Sexism; Racism; African Americans; Films; Fiction; Stereotypes; Cultural groups; Multiculturalism & pluralism
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
(UMI)AAI10614326;Communication and the arts;Autobiographical fiction