Scheherazade goes west : different cultures, different harems / Fatema Mernissi.
Scheherazade goes west : different cultures, different harems / Fatema Mernissi.
Scheherazade goes west : different cultures, different harems / Fatema Mernissi.
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Publisher
New York : Washington Square Press, c2001.
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N305.42/ 305
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 228 p. ; 23 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Washington Square Press, c2001.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2001.
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Summary
"For her book's inspired central metaphor, Mernissi turns to the ancient Islamic tradition of oral storytelling, illuminating her grandmother's feminized, subversive, and highly erotic take on Scheherazade's wife-preserving tales from The Arabian Nights - and then ingeniously applying them to her own lyrically embellished personal narrative. Interw...
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Scheherazade goes west : different cultures, different harems / Fatema Mernissi.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
c2001.
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N305.42/ 305
Record Identifier
74VvQMy4xxZM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvQMy4xxZM
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ISBN
0743412427
9780743412421
DDC
305.42
MMS ID
991014454329702626
