Towelhead

E849684

film novel

Towelhead is a 2007 coming-of-age drama novel by Alicia Erian, later adapted into a film, that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and cultural conflict through the experiences of a young Arab American girl in suburban Texas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Towelhead canonical	4
Towelhead (film)	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	Towelhead (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Alicia Erian NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Towelhead NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	coming-of-age ⓘ drama ⓘ drama film ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ
hasSubject	Arab American experience ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ family relationships ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ suburban life in the United States ⓘ
hasTitleVariant	Towelhead: A Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ English ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainCharacter	Jasira NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person narrative ⓘ
protagonistDescription	young Arab American girl ⓘ
publicationYear	2007 ⓘ
releaseYear	2007 ⓘ
settingCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
settingLocation	suburban Texas ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
theme	adolescence ⓘ cultural conflict ⓘ identity ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ racism ⓘ sexuality ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	late 20th century ⓘ

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Alan Ball → notableWork → Towelhead ⓘ

Alan Ball → wroteScreenplayFor → Towelhead ⓘ

Alan Ball → directed → Towelhead ⓘ

Shari Headley → notableWork → Towelhead ⓘ

this entity surface form: Towelhead (film)