May her likes be multiplied : biography and gender politics in Egypt /

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This study explores the Arabic tradition of life-writing in Egypt. It examines biographical works by women and uses examples of "famous women" biographies - including Joan of Arc and Jane Austen - to demonstrate how these narratives prescribed complex role models for middle-class girls

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Booth, Marilyn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Women > Biography > History and criticism.
Biography as a literary form.
Women > Political activity > Egypt > History.
Feminism > Egypt > History.
Biography.
Femmes > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Biographie (Genre littéraire)
Femmes > Activité politique > Égypte > Histoire.
Féminisme > Égypte > Histoire.
Biographies.
biographies (literary works)
biography (general genre)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
Biography as a literary form
Feminism
Women > Biography
Women > Political activity
Biografische Literatur
Frauenliteratur
Geschichte 1879-1967.
Egypt
Ägypten
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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