Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Translation and Transliteration ix
4. Introduction: Melancholy Acts 1
5. 1 Melancholy Formations: From Nakba to Naksa and Beyond 45
6. 2 Melancholy Forms: Poetry in the Aftermath of Catastrophe 89
7. 3 Enduring Left Melancholy: Recasting the Crisis of the Nasserite Intellectual 123
8. 4 Melancholy Manhood: Modernity and Neopatriarchy in Tunisian Cinema 158
9. 5 Melancholy Ends: Palestinian Film and Narrative Martyrdom 195
10. 6 Melancholy Islam: Jihad, Jouissance, and Female Clairvoyance 234
11. Epilogue: Melancholy Critique 277
12. Acknowledgments 293
13. The Unsheltering Sky: A Note on the Cover Art 297
14. Bibliography 299
15. Index 313
16. About the autors 319