Mothers and daughters in Arab women's literature the family frontier
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Boston
Brill
2011
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| Schriftenreihe: | Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world
v. 10 |
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1046 DE-1047 Volltext |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index 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 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 Arab women view and experience this primary bond. The author uses both early and contemporary writings of Arab women to illuminate the traditional and evolving nature of mother-daughter relationships in Arab families and how these family dynamics reflect and influence modern Arab life. The compelli |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (335 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9004181148 9004191097 9789004181144 9789004191099 |