Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
Journal issue | 55 | 2021
Research Article | The Forms and Meanings of (In)Visibility
The Forms and Meanings of (In)Visibility
Arab-Americans and the State of Terror in Youssef El Guindi’s Back of the Throat and Language Rooms
- Cinzia Schiavini - Università degli Studi di Milano, Italia - email
Abstract
This article investigates two well-known plays by Youssef El Guindi, the most important and prolific playwright of 21st century Arab-American theatre. Both plays are related to the consequences of the terrorist attacks on the Arab-American community, and they explore the structures of control enacted by the security state and the strategies of its repressive politics. The article focuses in particular on the tropes of visibility and invisibility and its paradoxes for a minority that moved from ‘invisible citizens’ to ‘visible subjects’ within a few hours. The paradoxes of visibility and invisibility and their divide are here explored in relation to three main issues: the relationship between ethnic identity and citizenship – be it social and/or political; deviancy and the construction of Otherness; and identity and the body.
Submitted: April 1, 2021 | Accepted: April 21, 2021 | Published July 29, 2021 | Language: en
Keywords Arab-Americans • 9/11 • Contemporary American literature • Visibility and Invisibility • Theatre
Copyright © 2021 Cinzia Schiavini. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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The Forms and Meanings of (In)Visibility. Arab-Americans and the State of Terror in Youssef El Guindi’s Back of the Throat and Language Rooms |
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dc.contributor.author |
Schiavini Cinzia |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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Research Article |
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en |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2021/55/the-forms-and-meanings-of-invisibility/ |
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dc.description.abstract |
This article investigates two well-known plays by Youssef El Guindi, the most important and prolific playwright of 21st century Arab-American theatre. Both plays are related to the consequences of the terrorist attacks on the Arab-American community, and they explore the structures of control enacted by the security state and the strategies of its repressive politics. The article focuses in particular on the tropes of visibility and invisibility and its paradoxes for a minority that moved from ‘invisible citizens’ to ‘visible subjects’ within a few hours. The paradoxes of visibility and invisibility and their divide are here explored in relation to three main issues: the relationship between ethnic identity and citizenship – be it social and/or political; deviancy and the construction of Otherness; and identity and the body. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Vol. 55 | September 2021 |
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dc.issued |
2021-07-29 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2021-04-21 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2021-04-01 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2499-1562 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2021/09/004 |
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dc.peer-review |
yes |
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dc.subject |
9/11 |
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dc.subject |
9/11 |
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dc.subject |
Arab-Americans |
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dc.subject |
Arab-Americans |
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dc.subject |
Contemporary American literature |
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dc.subject |
Contemporary American literature |
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dc.subject |
Theatre |
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dc.subject |
Theatre |
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dc.subject |
Visibility and Invisibility |
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dc.subject |
Visibility and Invisibility |
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