Maurice Jr Labelle
Biographic Data
| ID | 6364408 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maurice Jr Labelle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maurice Jr |
| FAMILY NAME | Labelle |
| SIGNATURE | LABELLE M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Saskatchewan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Boomerang Effect of Decolonization: Post-Orientalism and the Politics of Difference
On the Decolonial Beginnings of Edward Said
This essay historicizes the formation of Edward Said's critique of imperial culture before the publication of Orientalism (1978) and examines how it framed the decolonial approach that made him world-renowned. Deeply influenced by the writings of Martinique-born psychiatrist and Algerian revolutionary Frantz Fanon, an Arab tradition of anti-orientalism, existentialist thought, and the Palestinian national movement, the New York-based intellectual…
Empathy and the Lebanese Civil War of 1958 in the USA
This article examines the role that empathy played during the US intervention in the Lebanese civil war of 1958, also known as Operation Blue Bat. Through deep readings of public texts, it explores how a minority of Americans empathized with Lebanese opponents of President Camille Chamoun. After the arrival of US forces, Lebanese anti-Chamounists made their voices heard and feeling felt in the USA via global information providers, enacting cultur…
The American People Know So Little”: The Palestine Arab Refugee Office and the Challenges of Anti-Orientalism in the United States, 1955–1962
This paper explores the activities of the New York-based Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO), the first unofficial Palestinian-led organization that defended Palestinian self-determination in the United States following the establishment of Israel. Based mainly on the private papers of PARO public-relations officer Sami Hadawi, the memoirs and writings of PARO president Dr. Izzat Tannous, as well as rare PARO publications (such as its monthly ne…
De-coca-colonizing Egypt: Globalization, decolonization, and the Egyptian boycott of Coca-Cola, 1966–68
In the middle of the twentieth century, many Egyptians welcomed the arrival of Coca-Cola.Yet the Egyptian embrace of Coke drastically declined when, in April 1966, the firm consented to the opening of a bottling franchise in Israel. This article explores the de-coca-colonization of post-independence Egypt. The Coca-Cola Company's reluctance to revoke its commercial extension into Israel obliged the Egyptian government to reject the multinational …
The Only Thorn”: Early Saudi-American Relations and the Question of Palestine, 1945-1949
Immediately following World War II, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia obtained primacy in American eyes, as it became strategically and economically vital to U.S. national security. Likewise, American protection from external peril became primordial to Saudi Arabia. The Arab-Israeli conflict, however, threatened to disrupt the nascent Saudi-American symbiosis. From Harry S. Truman's arrival to the American presidency in 1945 through to the immediate af…
De-coca-colonizing Egypt: Globalization, decolonization, and the Egyptian boycott of Coca-Cola, 1966–68
In the middle of the twentieth century, many Egyptians welcomed the arrival of Coca-Cola.Yet the Egyptian embrace of Coke drastically declined when, in April 1966, the firm consented to the opening of a bottling franchise in Israel. This article explores the de-coca-colonization of post-independence Egypt. The Coca-Cola Company's reluctance to revoke its commercial extension into Israel obliged the Egyptian government to reject the multinational …
Empathy and the Lebanese Civil War of 1958 in the USA
This article examines the role that empathy played during the US intervention in the Lebanese civil war of 1958, also known as Operation Blue Bat. Through deep readings of public texts, it explores how a minority of Americans empathized with Lebanese opponents of President Camille Chamoun. After the arrival of US forces, Lebanese anti-Chamounists made their voices heard and feeling felt in the USA via global information providers, enacting cultur…
The Only Thorn”: Early Saudi-American Relations and the Question of Palestine, 1945-1949
Immediately following World War II, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia obtained primacy in American eyes, as it became strategically and economically vital to U.S. national security. Likewise, American protection from external peril became primordial to Saudi Arabia. The Arab-Israeli conflict, however, threatened to disrupt the nascent Saudi-American symbiosis. From Harry S. Truman's arrival to the American presidency in 1945 through to the immediate af…
De-coca-colonizing Egypt: Globalization, decolonization, and the Egyptian boycott of Coca-Cola, 1966–68
In the middle of the twentieth century, many Egyptians welcomed the arrival of Coca-Cola.Yet the Egyptian embrace of Coke drastically declined when, in April 1966, the firm consented to the opening of a bottling franchise in Israel. This article explores the de-coca-colonization of post-independence Egypt. The Coca-Cola Company's reluctance to revoke its commercial extension into Israel obliged the Egyptian government to reject the multinational …
The American People Know So Little”: The Palestine Arab Refugee Office and the Challenges of Anti-Orientalism in the United States, 1955–1962
This paper explores the activities of the New York-based Palestine Arab Refugee Office (PARO), the first unofficial Palestinian-led organization that defended Palestinian self-determination in the United States following the establishment of Israel. Based mainly on the private papers of PARO public-relations officer Sami Hadawi, the memoirs and writings of PARO president Dr. Izzat Tannous, as well as rare PARO publications (such as its monthly ne…
Empathy and the Lebanese Civil War of 1958 in the USA
This article examines the role that empathy played during the US intervention in the Lebanese civil war of 1958, also known as Operation Blue Bat. Through deep readings of public texts, it explores how a minority of Americans empathized with Lebanese opponents of President Camille Chamoun. After the arrival of US forces, Lebanese anti-Chamounists made their voices heard and feeling felt in the USA via global information providers, enacting cultur…
On the Decolonial Beginnings of Edward Said
This essay historicizes the formation of Edward Said's critique of imperial culture before the publication of Orientalism (1978) and examines how it framed the decolonial approach that made him world-renowned. Deeply influenced by the writings of Martinique-born psychiatrist and Algerian revolutionary Frantz Fanon, an Arab tradition of anti-orientalism, existentialist thought, and the Palestinian national movement, the New York-based intellectual…
The Boomerang Effect of Decolonization: Post-Orientalism and the Politics of Difference
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Decolonization (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)