Morocco Bound: Disorienting America's Maghreb, from Casablanca to the Marrakech Express

by Brian T. Edwards

Until attention shifted to the Middle East in the early 1970s, Americans turned most often toward the Maghreb--Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and the Sahara--for their understanding of "the Arab." In Morocco Bound, Brian T. Edwards examines American representations of the Maghreb during three pivotal decades--from 1942, when the United States entered the North African campaign of World War II, through 1973. He reveals how American film and literary,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822336448
• ISBN13: 9780822336440
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"