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Rituals of Memory: in Contemporary Arab Women's Writing (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East)
Brinda Mehta
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Hardcover. Assesses fixed notions of Arab womanhood by exploring the complexities of Arab women's lives as portrayed in literature. Covering women writers and critics from Arab, French, and English traditions, this book aims to create a transnational Arab feminist consciousness. It examines the significance of memory rituals in women's writings. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2CSR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
This volume carefully assesses fixed notions of Arab womanhood by exploring the complexities of Arab women's lives as portrayed in literature. Encompassing women writers and critics from Arab, French, and English traditions, it forges a transnational Arab feminist consciousness. Brinda Mehta examines the significance of memory rituals in women's writings, such as the importance of water and purification rites in Islam and how these play out in the women's space of the hammam (Turkish bath). Mehta shows how sensory experiences connect Arab women to their past. Specific chapters raise awareness of the experiences of Palestinian women in exile and under ... Read more
This volume carefully assesses fixed notions of Arab womanhood by exploring the complexities of Arab women's lives as portrayed in literature. Encompassing women writers and critics from Arab, French, and English traditions, it forges a transnational Arab feminist consciousness. Brinda Mehta examines the significance of memory rituals in women's writings, such as the importance of water and purification rites in Islam and how these play out in the women's space of the hammam (Turkish bath). Mehta shows how sensory experiences connect Arab women to their past. Specific chapters raise awareness of the experiences of Palestinian women in exile and under ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815631354
SKU
V9780815631354
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About Brinda Mehta
Brinda Mehta is professor of French and Francophone studies at Mills College, Oakland, Ca.
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