Alienation in Susan Darraj’s The Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly (2007): A Social Study Abstract The present study applies the two dimensions: cultural estrangement and social isolation of Seeman’s theory of alienation to Susan Darraj’s The Inheritance of Exile through analyzing the lives of four immigrant Palestinian mothers and their American-born daughters. This article follows the analytical method through the area of diasporic fiction. It, first, clarifies the theoretical framework, then describes and analyzes the two specific perceptions of alienation towards the homeland, Palestine, and the host land, Philadelphia, for both mothers and their daughters as portrayed in Darraj’s diasporic text considering the interplay between Arab Americans’ perceptions of themselves and how others see them. Thus, the study proves that Darraj has succeeded in portraying and revealing the manifestations, reasons and consequences of the alienation of Arabs who live or grow up in a host country like America.
Keywords: alienation; cultural estrangement; social isolation; Darraj; Seeman 1. Introduction
Saad, Alyaa. (2024). Alienation in Susan Darraj’s The Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly (2007): A Social Study. مجلة کلية الآداب جامعة الفيوم, 16(2), 1-37. doi: 10.21608/jfafu.2024.280003.2033
MLA
Alyaa Saad. "Alienation in Susan Darraj’s The Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly (2007): A Social Study", مجلة کلية الآداب جامعة الفيوم, 16, 2, 2024, 1-37. doi: 10.21608/jfafu.2024.280003.2033
HARVARD
Saad, Alyaa. (2024). 'Alienation in Susan Darraj’s The Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly (2007): A Social Study', مجلة کلية الآداب جامعة الفيوم, 16(2), pp. 1-37. doi: 10.21608/jfafu.2024.280003.2033
VANCOUVER
Saad, Alyaa. Alienation in Susan Darraj’s The Inheritance of Exile: Stories from South Philly (2007): A Social Study. مجلة کلية الآداب جامعة الفيوم, 2024; 16(2): 1-37. doi: 10.21608/jfafu.2024.280003.2033
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