Autobiographical identities in contemporary Arab culture /

This original exploration of Arab autobiographical discourse investigates various modes of cultural identity which have emerged in Arab societies in the last 40 years. During this period, autobiographical texts moved away from exemplary life narratives and toward more unorthodox techniques such as e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anishchenkova, Valerie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Colección:Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.
Temas:
Arabic literature > History and criticism.
Autobiography.
Autobiographical memory > Arab countries.
Self > Arab countries.
Littérature arabe > Histoire et critique.
Autobiographie.
Mémoire épisodique > États arabes.
Moi (Psychologie) > États arabes.
autobiography (genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Arabic literature.
Autobiographical memory.
Self.
Arab countries.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: writing Arab selfhood: from Taha Hysayn to blogging
  • Autobiography and nation-building: constructing personal identity in the postcolonial world
  • Writing selves on bodies
  • Mapping autobiographical subjectivity in the age of multiculturalism
  • Visions of self: filming autobiographical subjectivity
  • What does my avatar say about me? Autobiographical cyber-writing and postmodern identity
  • Conclusion: Arab autobiography in the twenty-first century.

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