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Ageing in the modern Arabic novel /

By assembling a range of fictional works from different parts of the Arab world that incorporate older characters, this book draws on a range of theoretical approaches to aging, particularly from the perspective of gender and feminism, to reconcile the biological and cultural understandings of old a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aghacy, Samira (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Ageing in traditional neighbourhoods : conformity and transgression
  • Hoary monuments, residual bodies : senescence in the city
  • Menopausal tremors : refurbishing the body
  • Senile masculinity : the male body in crisis
  • Yarns of later life : transgressive strategies
  • Conclusion.