Seen and heard : a century of Arab women in literature and culture / by Mona N. Mikhail.
Seen and heard : a century of Arab women in literature and culture / by Mona N. Mikhail.
Seen and heard : a century of Arab women in literature and culture / by Mona N. Mikhail.
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Publisher
Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N892.70935/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 169 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Growing up in Egypt at the turn of the 20th century -- 2. The mother of the bride frantically prepares : Egyptian wedding customs -- 3. I want a solution : films and social change -- 4. I light ten candles : women and vow-making -- 5. "A new vision of the veil," by Iqbal Barraka -- 6. "Women in t...
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Publisher
Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2004.
Edition
First American ed.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
"New York University professor Mona Mikhail's new collection of essays casts a wide net over literature, film, popular culture, and the law in order to investigate the living, often rapidly changing, reality of Arab women and their societies. Whether she examines Egyptian wedding customs, contemporary rewritings of the Shahrazad story, or women in...
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Seen and heard : a century of Arab women in literature and culture / by Mona N. Mikhail.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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N892.70935/1
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74VKp7zxjVzd
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ISBN
1566564638 (pbk.)
9781566564632 (pbk.)
DDC
892.7093520420904
MMS ID
991019276329702626
