Mothers and daughters in Arab women's literature : the family frontier /

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This study explores the mother-daughter relationship as the most fundamental and most intimate female relationship and as the cornerstone of Arab family life. Drawing on autobiographical and semifictional works by women writers from across the Arab world, the study offers a first-hand account of how...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abudi, Dalya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2011.
Colección:Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 10.
Temas:
Arabic literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Mothers and daughters in literature.
Arabs in literature.
Families in literature.
Mères et filles dans la littérature.
Arabes dans la littérature.
Familles dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
Arabic literature > Women authors
Arabs in literature
Families in literature
Mothers and daughters in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why mothers and daughters?
  • The family: Arab society in miniature
  • Mothers and daughters in autobiographical works
  • Mothers and daughters in fictional works
  • Portraits of surrogate mother-daughter relationships
  • Narratives of alienation and descent into madness
  • The Arab family demystified.

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